Chelsea Gasak Luton Town, Raheem Sterling Gets Praise

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino (left) praised Raheem Sterling. (Photo: Twitter/@ChelseaFC)

JAKARTA - Chelsea won a convincing victory over Luton Town in the third week of the English Premier League, Saturday, August 26 in the morning WIB. In that match, Raheem Sterling stole the show.

The former Manchester City player scored two goals in this match, namely in the 17th and 68th minutes. While another goal was scored by Nicolas Jackson in the 75th minute).

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino praised Sterling's performance in the match that took place at Stamford Bridge.

"His commitment in the way he wants to contribute with the team, with his work ethic and quality, deserves full praise for his performance," Pochettino said on the club's official website.

"He has quality and he can give goals and assists to the team," he continued, as quoted by Antara.

Praise for Sterling is not only about goals and assists, but also the player's work ethic. Pochettino thinks the England player has worked hard to win the ball as his team is defending.

"And when we didn't have the ball, he worked very hard to reclaim the ball as quickly as possible. I'm very happy for him," said the Argentine manager.

Last season, the 28-year-old agile wing only shot nine goals and four assists from 38 games with the Blues. This score is much lower than the previous season where he was able to score 17 goals and nine assists from 47 matches while still with Manchester City.

"He told me last season was a difficult season for him, but I was very happy when the players were happy. And when the striker was able to score or provide assists, for us it was the best feeling," said Pochettino.

Meanwhile, two goals and one assist in the match against Luton, according to Sterling, was a good start to his determination to make his career resound, as was when he was with The Citizens where he was always able to score 10-30 goals in a season in all competitions.

"My love for football is too big and I'm still too young at the age of 28 to let my career fail. I need to maintain the standards I've set in recent years, and move forward," Sterling said.

These three points made the London Blue team collect four points, one loss, one draw, and one defeat, and up to eighth in the Premier League standings. Meanwhile, this defeat made Luton even more slumped at the bottom of the standings by not winning points because he had two matches with defeats.