Sterling gives a glimpse of what he expects from Liverpool

Raheem Sterling thinks the Premier League race will go all the way and insists that there will be no break in Manchester City.

Liverpool's victory over Chelsea on Sunday allowed them to return to the top just hours after City beat Crystal Palace 3-1 to briefly lead the pack.

But with City playing less of a game, their fate is in their hands.

Sterling thinks the title rivals will continue to be running one for the other on what exciting announcement.

"Yes, 100%, the way Liverpool played was decisive," he said.

"I do not see ourselves slowing down now. Liverpool has a great team, great self-confidence, but so do we. "

Sterling scored twice to give control to City, but only after missing a glorious opportunity to give them the advantage.

"I tried to be a little too smart with the first one," he admitted. "But the match lasted 90 minutes and was still 0-0, so I knew that there would be more chances.

"When I was younger, you always want to mark your first opportunity and sometimes it does not happen that way. You do not fight.

"There are 80 minutes left, just get ready for the next opportunity. It's the mentality, just keep going and luck will come. "

Luka Milivojevic gave hope to the Palace with a free kick at nine minutes of time, but

substitute Gabriel Jesus won a ninth consecutive victory for City in stoppage time.

"We've always known in the past that it was a difficult place to come," Sterling said. "We had two goals, but we knew we could not log out.

"We kept pushing and we were happy to get the third goal. We knew we had to be there from the first minute. "

The afternoon was hard for Palace and especially for Christian Benteke, who started his first match since February 9 and played the 90 minutes.

The striker told the club's website: "I'm happy. The season has been tough with injuries, but the bottom line is that players control what they can control.

"I am always available to my teammates and I work hard to coach to be where I am. I will continue to push myself to the end.