Man City sent Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema reminder about Raheem Sterling's form

Raheem Sterling has the character of Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to pulling himself out of a supposed poor run of form.

That is according to former Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, who knows the pressures of playing in attack for the Blues, and also for Chelsea and England at the highest level.

Sterling had a quiet start to the season after a brilliant Euro 2020 in the summer and hinted that he could look to leave City if he wasn't getting more game time. However, when he did play, he wasn't having the same impact on games as City fans had become used to, with players like Phil Foden overtaking him in the pecking order.

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Since the start of November, though, Sterling has turned his form around and scored some hugely important goals, netting 12 goals and adding three assists in 19 appearances. As the season enters the business end with every game potentially influencing the Premier League title or progression in the Champions League or FA Cup, Sterling will be a key man between now and May.

And Wright-Phillips has told MEN Sport how Sterling has always been playing well this season, except he is only getting recognition for it now the goals are going in.

"It's just the fact that his chances are now going in," he said

"That's one thing you can never knock Raheem Sterling for, even when he's going through a quiet spell, he still gets into the positions. He might have been taking a touch extra, his shot gets blocked, or he misses the chance, he still gets himself into the positions which is always the hardest part.

"The part missing for him was hitting the back of the net, which we know he can do over the past four or five