Dire Mebude has revealed how personal training from Raheem Sterling helped him maul Manchester United and get his Scotland Under-21s career off to a flier.
The former Rangers kid took just nine minutes to score on his debut for the youngsters in midweek as they endured a 3-2 defeat to Sweden in a friendly over in Spain. It’s been a great week for the 18-year-old after he helped with four assists as Man City thrashed United 6-0 in their youth league meeting last Sunday.
Mebude has trained with Pep Guardiola’s first team since he joined City from the Ibrox side two years ago. And he’s revealed he was getting tutoring from star Sterling before last summer’s move to Chelsea. He said: “For my goal, I took the ball on the inside, beat a few men, then the ball was bouncing so I just hit it. It was a great goal and moment for me. It was on my debut as well, so it felt special. It’s going well so far this season at City. I’m getting regular game time and happy playing with the 21s. It’s really challenging but good. It’s always good to beat United 6-0! I got four assists, so it was a very good game. I really like Raheem. He was my man, I wanted to learn off him.
