Arsenal winger, Raheem Sterling has reportedly acknowledged that his playing time on loan at the Emirates has been less than he would have liked, but he promised to keep “knocking at the door” following his stunning display against PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday night.
Arsenal completed a 9-3 aggregate victory to set up a quarterfinal matchup with Real Madrid as Sterling set up both goals in their 2-2 draw against the Dutch team in the second leg of the Champions League last-16.
The England international set up Oleksandr Zinchenko’s piledriver to put Arsenal ahead before putting in a fantastic, bursting cross for Declan Rice to put them ahead once more after Ivan Perisic equalized.
According to The Mirror, Sterling claimed to be self-assured at all times and to have remained committed to making an impression whenever possible.
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“It was nice to be out there and contribute to the team,” he told TNT Sports.
“I know what I am capable of. You just want to be playing. You are at a top club with top players and you just have to wait for your moment.
“You can only control what you can control. I have not had as many minutes as I would have liked but I have had the opportunities. It is down to myself to keep knocking at the door.
“With a leader like Mikel he is not someone I want to be knocking at his door physically, he is the one in charge.
“All I can do is what I can do which is on the training field or here. It’s down to me to keep pushing and have that in his thought process.”
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