Pep issues challenge to Sterling

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Pep Guardiola has challenged Raheem Sterling to maintain the standard he set in Manchester City’s impressive win over Arsenal last week.

England forward Sterling struck the winner as City came from behind to beat their title rivals 2-1 in a Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium.

It underlined the 22-year-old’s generally impressive start to the season – after a difficult end to 2015-16 and a harrowing Euro 2016 – but Guardiola felt his level had just dipped slightly in preceding weeks.

Guardiola said: “In the last game, he came back to the level he started the season.

“The last month and a half, he was a little bit down, but you can forget how young he is. He needs to live a lot of experience to become more stable.

“In general, his …

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