Raheem Sterling has tweeted his disappointment at England fans who booed Joe Gomez as the Liverpool defender was brought on in the Three Lions’ 7-0 Euro 2020 qualifying win over Montenegro on Thursday.
The pair were involved in an altercation at St George’s Park earlier in the week after tension between them in Liverpool’s 3-1 Premier League win over Manchester City on Sunday.
Sterling, who watched from the stands having been dropped for the game as a result, had already taken full responsibility for the incident, and repeated this after Thursday’s game.
Sterling wrote: “To all the England fans, I wanted to leave things at it was but tonight I have to speak again.
“It was hard for me to see my team-mate get booed for something that was my fault.
“Joe hasn’t done anything wrong and for me to see someone who keeps his head down and works hard, especially after a difficult week, for him to be booed when he came on tonight was wrong.
“I’ve taken full responsibility and accepted the consequence. I felt as though I had to say this, get home safe everyone.”
Mashue
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I love you for taking responsibility for your actions and not blaming others 👏👏 you are indeed a great player
VanishPrasad
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Come on. What happened is already a past, let's just move on. England fans should stop demoralizing their won players.
nepmosuz
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positive reaction from R/sterling, but wors from the home fans against their own boy.
INTERYANAN
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Blame the media. They overexagerated this conflict. Both Gomez and Sterling have already apologized to each other and are back on good terms. They are friends and friends tend to fight sometimes. The media coverage on the conflict are making both Gomez and Sterling look like clowns
Maxpower
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People say Man City have no fans. The same people say English fans didn't boo Gomez, they say it was City fans. Make your minds up people
vasbdins
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joe Gomez born English player, while Raheem is Jamaican and they're treating Gomez bad. straight liverpool fan from Jamaica on here. big up Raheem and Gomez
yauaklmz
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I'm a liverpool fan, Raheem sterling has won my heart tonight. my respect for you and joe
YourHighness
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Sterling is captain material! Admits his mistake and tells fans to support everyone in the team.
Redbdkntyz
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its not england fans it city fans.
wiuklostz
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I feel for both of you. It's great that you own the cause of the altercation, and it was wrong for Gomez to be treated that way by some sections of the England fans. But truth be told, not even you can claim to own the cause of Gomez being booed, that fault lies squarely in the lap of the England manager Gareth Southgate, and what's more he may be the cause of an unwarranted rivalry, and booing of both you and Gomez by respective club fans and possibly others as a consequence of his mismanagement of the situation. He should have dropped you both, and kept the details in house if he had decided to discipline anyone. True that may have seemed unfair on Gomez too, but it would have put an end to the situation as far as the fans and outside world would be concerned. The effect of Southgate dropping only Sterling had the effect of him seemingly choosing one over the other, causing a split in the eyes of the fans, or some fans, those who booed choosing Sterling, and as a consequence what are Liverpool fans, and then Man City fans going to do, or choose? Southgate is the cause of why Joe Gomez was booed Sterling, not you!
Dikborstu
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Raheem is really growing
SINGAM23
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and, what were Joe Gomez fans tweets