Pundit: ‘Frightening’ Man City star has been ‘better’ than Salah this season

Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling has been better than Mohamed Salah this season, according to former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino.

The City forward Raheem Sterling shone on the right wing at Burnley in a performance that deserves an encore. He grabbed two assists as City beat Burnley 2-0 to keep themselves ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League table by one point.

The England ace has scored 14 goals and seven assists in all competitions for City this season and is playing a vital role in their title charge ahead of next weekend’s showdown with second-placed Liverpool.

Statistically, Sterling remains a distance behind Liverpool’s talisman, Salah, who has 28 goals and 10 assists to his name this season, but Cascarino believes Sterling has been more impressive than Salah.

“Raheem Sterling has just been frightening. The year he has had since the Euros – he was brilliant then,” he told talkSPORT.

“This season, I thought, when they signed Jack Grealish I thought Raheem might be a bit-part player in this City team but he’s become an absolute permanent fixture. Left or right, he is ripping people apart.

“He was brilliant for England in midweek. Raheem is playing the best football of his career. Better than he was at Liverpool and better than at any time at City.”

He added: “Mohamed Salah was fantastic at the start of the season. At the AFCON he didn’t play so well and he’s had a few tricky times in international football and he’s not played as well in the last month or two.

“If I’m taking from the start of the season, and even going back to the Euros, I can’t think of a player that has played better than Raheem Sterling.”