To recap, England’s star player, a trailblazer and one of the most popular in the country, has been at the heart of a bust-up with a teammate on international duty. It has seen him punished with a one-game internal suspension and the simmering Premier League title rivalry between Manchester City and Liverpool enter the dynamics of the national team squad.
“It’s done, we move forward,” Raheem Sterling wrote on Instagram in the early hours of Tuesday, in the wake of his confrontation with Liverpool’s Joe Gomez at St George’s Park on Monday. “[Let’s] not make this bigger than it is.”
Written by David Hytner
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/12/gareth-southgate-sterling-gomez-england-bust-up under the title “Southgate tries to put brakes on but Sterling v Gomez will run and run | David Hytner”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.