Sterling has another gift for his mother after rapid Manchester City hat-trick
Raheem Sterling has another present for his mother after netting a rapid hat-trick in Manchester Citys Champions League thrashing of Atalanta.The England forward struck three times in the space of just 11 second-half minutes as City, who trailed early in the match, ran out 5-1 winners in the Group C clash at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.It was the 24-year-olds fifth treble for club or country, his fourth this calendar year and second this season, earning him another matchball for a growing collection.Sterling has scored four hat-tricks this calendar year (Martin Rickett/PA)They are at my mums house in Jamaica, he said of his previous prizes.Ive put them in a little glass box and Ive bought an extra six cases just in case I do score a hat-trick, so I can put it straight in a case and give it to her. So, Ill give it to my mum to put away.Sterlings scintillating display put the gloss on a fine comeback from City after a Sergio Aguero double had cancelled out Ruslan Malinovskyis penalty opener for the visitors.Perfect night home with my very first Champions League hat trick happy to see the hard work is paying off, plenty more to come hopefully #aimhigher pic.twitter.com/REdIl83Mzh Raheem Sterling (@sterling7) October 22, 2019The victory took City five points clear at the top of their group and within touching distance of the last 16 with three games still to play.There were downsides for City with Phil Foden sent off for two bookable offences late on and Rodri hobbling off with a hamstring injury.But it was Sterling who grabbed the headlines as he took his goal tally for the campaign to 16 in 17 matches, including his double for England in Bulgaria earlier this month. His contribution also included providing the cross for Agueros first goal and winning the penalty for the Argentinians second. He should also have scored a fourth but shot wide after going though on goal.City and Sterling will now turn their attention back to their Premier League title defence and Saturdays clash with Aston Villa.Im thriving on just waiting for the next game really, said Sterling.Hat-trick hero Raheem Sterling has now scored 8 goals in his last 8 games for club country #UCL pic.twitter.com/M2fJTaYlfd UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) October 22, 2019Ive scored a hat-trick and (now) Im waiting for the weekend to hopefully get some chances and be involved again to score some goals.I think thats where Im at at the moment. This has gone now and Im looking forward to the next one.City will assess Rodri but he could be out for between 10 days and a month.The midfielder had again been playing in a makeshift central defence alongside Fernandinho when he went down late in the first half and had to be helped from the field.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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