Sterling helped maintain the Citizens' perfect start to the league, whilst former side Liverpool were thrashed 3-0 at home by West Ham.

Those who questioned Raheem Sterling’s £49m Manchester City transfer were silenced after the player opened his goalscoring account for the Citizens in the English Premier League.

The chant “Raheem Sterling…he’s top of the league” rang across the Etihad, as the Englishman’s 47th minute goal guided Manuel Pellegrini’s crew to a 2-0 win over Watford, on Saturday.

Heading into the break goalless, Sterling broke the deadlock two minutes into the second half, before Fernandinho doubled their lead 9 minutes later to maintain the club’s perfect start to the league.

Furthermore, the weekend victory saw the Manchester side set a new club record of most number of consecutive league wins, which now stands at 10.

While Sterling was busy preserving City’s league lead, his former side Liverpool fell to an embarrassing 3-0 loss to West Ham at Anfield, the Reds’ first home loss to The Hammers in 52 years.

Many on Twitter were eager to point out that the club Sterling left is already showing early signs of faltering in the race for the title, whilst the Three Lions ace’s current side are already strengthening their grip on the league crown.

Below are some of the best tweets after Sterling’s first Manchester City goal in the English Premier League. 

After the final whistle, Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini hailed the influence brought to the squad by Sterling, and tipped the 20-year-old for a wonderful campaign.