straight to your inboxPep Guardiola warned Raheem Sterling that he will soon have even more competition for a place in the squad after leaving him out of the squad to face Fulham.Sterling, 26, has been one of the most-used and most successful players under Guardiola at Manchester City; only two outfield players have more minutes than him this season and his goal at Anfield last month saw him become the third ever player - after Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero - to score 100 goals on the Catalan’s watch.City’s manager regularly rotates his pack and could have used Sterling’s workload this season to excuse his absence at Craven Cottage but instead said in his pre-match interview that “tactical” reasons were behind the decision.
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