straight to your inbox Raheem Sterling has praised the resolve and fitness of his Manchester City teammates to navigate a tricky start to the season, despite dropping five points already in the league.
City go into the international break having played five games in 13 days, at times with just 12 fit first-team players. Alongside two Carabao Cup wins, City have won, drawn and lost their opening three Premier League fixtures.
It's not a set of results that City would have aimed for to begin their title challenge, but Sterling pointed to the injury problems that Pep Guardiola's men have encountered as he analysed the draw at Leeds.
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