{"id":1107481,"date":"2019-09-21T16:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T15:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1107481"},"modified":"2019-09-21T14:34:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T13:34:35","slug":"pep-guardiola-pedro-praise-raheem-sterling-goal-scorer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/pep-guardiola-pedro-praise-raheem-sterling-goal-scorer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe hand of Pep\u201d &#8211; Pedro praises Guardiola for turning Sterling into a goal scorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chelsea winger Pedro has praised the role played by Pep Guardiola in turning Raheem Sterling into a goalscorer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By the end of Guardiola&#8217;s first season in charge at Manchester City, Sterling had scored just 44 goals in 223 career appearances for the Citizens and Liverpool combined.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sterling&#8217;s goalscoring turnaround: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sterling scored just 10 goals in 47 games during Guardiola&#8217;s first season at City.<\/li>\n<li>Since then, he&#8217;s bagged 54 goals in 102 appearances for the English champions.<\/li>\n<li>Sterling has also scored six goals in six caps for England in 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Pedro believes Guardiola has played a key role in unlocking Sterling&#8217;s talents.<\/li>\n<li>Former Barca midfielder Xavi believes the Englishman will become the world&#8217;s best.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7373702-tammy-abraham-can-equal-a-unique-luis-suarez-feat-vs-liverpool\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, the England international has transformed himself into a potent goalscorer and has now bagged 54 goals in 102 appearances across all competitions since the start of the 2017\/18 season.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling has kicked off the new campaign in real style with six goals in five games at club level \u2013 as well as a further two for England \u2013 and Pedro believes that although players must have their own desire to score, Guardiola has had a huge hand in this rapid development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something that comes from within,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/premier-league\/chelsea-vs-liverpool-fc-premier-league-pedro-rodriguez-interview-latest-news-a9113106.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it does depend on the player and the situation. But it\u2019s about following the play, knowing where the ball is going to fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great manager can show you how to find goals, but it\u2019s evidently something you have to have; a drive to score.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had it with Pep, and a practical example now is with [Raheem] Sterling. He was a player who didn\u2019t score many goals and now he\u2019s a great scorer, because Guardiola was behind him, indicating the movements to get inside, rather than being outside like he was earlier. I say this because I know it well. I know those types of movements, how they work and come off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sterling is now, without doubt, a player who scores goals, who makes the difference. I think that\u2019s a little bit the hand of Pep.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Xavi: Sterling can become best in the world<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Pedro isn&#8217;t the only one of Guardiola&#8217;s former Barcelona stars to heap the praise on Sterling, with legendary midfielder Xavi tipping the 24-year-old to take the mantle of &#8220;best in the world&#8221; once Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo retire.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Xavi even rates Sterling high enough to tip him for that title ahead of the likes of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chelsea Must Play Frank Lampard&#039;s Back Three w\/Rory Jennings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJVdL5KI2qc?start=22&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Messi and Ronaldo have dominated the best-player-in-the-world awards for so many years now, it&#8217;s hard to remember a time before them,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/sterling-beating-salah-mbappe-neymar-race-messi-crown-xavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Messi is the best ever for me &#8211; and even though they&#8217;re both still playing at a very high level &#8211; there will come the day not so long away when somebody else must step into those shoes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You look at young players who can be crowned the future best in the world and you still think of Neymar, Mbappe, Salah, and of course Sterling. I look at the moment &#8211; and Sterling is winning that race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"66c974de-b77b-4864-9922-f0029ea5359e\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea winger Pedro has praised the role played by Pep Guardiola in turning Raheem Sterling into a goalscorer. By the end of Guardiola&#8217;s first season in charge at Manchester City, Sterling had scored just 44 goals in 223 career appearances for the Citizens and Liverpool combined. 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