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Raheem Sterling has suggested Manchester City aren't respected in the same way as his former club Liverpool, which is why his team-mates are missing out on individual accolades.

A Manchester City star has never won the PFA Player of the Year award since its inception in 1973, despite the Citizens winning a domestic quadruple last season.

Meanwhile 11 Manchester United players have taken home the top prize, as well as eight Liverpool stars - including two in the past two seasons: Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

City haven't been short of world-class performers, with Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne among those name-dropped as examples by Sterling.

But, as pointed out by the England international, City players are continually overlooked.

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Attempting to provide a reason as to why this may be, Sterling told Spanish publication AS:"Especially in the last year where we have won the domestic quadruple including the league, to not have a player winning PFA Player of the Year kind of speaks for itself really.

"The award was given to a Liverpool player who had a fantastic season but I look at previous seasons as well when Yaya Toure scored 20 goals from midfield and he didn't win Player of the Year.

"Also, Sergio Aguero has been at the club for more than seven years and has scored unbelievable goals during this time, yet none of City's players have won it.

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"I think that certain players are not treated in the same way when they are from different football clubs across the country and across the world over the past few seasons. The first year we won the league, De Bruyne was unbelievable and they gave it to another player.

"Every year we win a major trophy and it's given to an opposition player. It's that sort of thing that doesn't depend on us, but we keep going."