Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling scored a hat-trick as the Citizens clinched a 3-1 home win against Watford on Saturday.
The 24-year-old has now bagged 15 goals in 27 Premier League appearances this season; just three behind leading scorer Sergio Aguero.
City fans on Twitter are backing Sterling for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award:
It’s about time a City player won it
— Stephen Jordan (@flashcity69) 10 March 2019
Definitely I think he deserves an award at end of the session
— haruna amenkye (@Amenkye) 11 March 2019
I mean whoelse is worth talking about?
— Papi (@JoelOrleans) 10 March 2019
15 goals and 9assists in 27 appearances
Definitely— Gyude (@Gyude16) 10 March 2019
No chance with the biased media!!
— CHALKY WHITE (@andywhite1266) 10 March 2019
I don’t think he need’s any award’s nobody at city ever get award’s we just get titles
— Kevin Mahoney (@KevinMa36101816) 10 March 2019
He should but he wont u fortunately. Kev couldnt win it last year.
— Ann Cope (@AnnCope16) 10 March 2019
POTY
— Isaac Agyemang (@righteous205) 10 March 2019
Got to be there or there abouts
— Bart (@blueyorkie) 9 March 2019
Player of the year cart horse second or third.VVDs team have come up against city twice they have 1 point and it should be 0.He plays against world class players twice a year results speak for themselves mind the gap Virgil !
— Ian Ashworth (@iashy) 9 March 2019
Sterling certainly deserves to be in contention for the award on current form. In addition to his 15 goals, he has also laid on 11 assists for his teammates.
If you compare that to other contenders like Tottenham’s Harry Kane, who has scored 17 and provided four assists, and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard (13 goal and 11 assists), the England international is leading the pack.
Much may depend on whether the players consider voting for a defender instead. Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk has been widely praised for his performances this season.
The Reds have conceded just 17 goals in 30 league games this campaign with many crediting the Dutchman as the pivotal figure in the Reds’ title challenge.
