City vows extra room for Sterling’s brilliance!

Manchester City need to make room in the starting lineup for a player they are screaming out for Manchester City dropped points at the London Stadium on Saturday night as they drew 1-all with West Ham . The performance from Pep Guardiola’s side was not good enough to beat Nuno Espirito Santo’s side. City controlled the match and limited West Ham to one shot for the entire game.

Unfortunately, a Gianluigi Donnarumma error from a corner allowed Konstantinos Mavropanos to convert the only chance that West Ham had. Looking at Manchester City’s overall performance, City dominated possession but lacked the creativity and urgency to unlock the West Ham defence. That changed when Rayan Cherki, Tijjani Reijnders, and Phil Foden all came onto the pitch.

Saturday night’s match against West Ham seemed like the ideal match for Rayan Cherki to start. Cherki is almost the perfect player to unlock a low defensive block with his vision, eye for a pass and ability to produce the unexpected. Cherki did create openings when he finally came onto the pitch at the London Stadium.

Pep Guardiola explained why Cherki didn’t start against West Ham. But Pep Guardiola’s explanation didn’t make sense when you consider the past weeks’ events. Pep Guardiola explains why Rayan Cherki hasn’t started the past two matches for Manchester City.