Sterling had reportedly asked manager Roy Hodgson to leave him out of the match.
Young Liverpool and England winger Raheem Sterling has hit back at criticism over his reported decision not to play from the start in yesterday evening’s narrow Three Lions victory in Estonia with a cryptic message on Twitter.
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Sterling posted this message to his account late on Monday night: