winger Raheem Sterling to improve in front of goal.
Sterling, who joined from Liverpool in July following a long-
running transfer saga, took his tally for the season to eight in all
competitions with a double in a 4-2 win over Borussia
Monchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Despite that performance, Pellegrini - speaking in his pre-match
media conference ahead of Saturday's game with Swansea City
- said: "Raheem always works very well from the first day until
now.
"Maybe he plays one game better, then the other not so good -
like every player. But playing with Kun [Aguero], Yaya
[Toure] and David [Silva] every day is important for a young
player.
"Raheem is doing what we expect but he must keep improving
– he can't be a player who just scores 11 goals as he did
another season. I hope going forward he will score more, he will
take the best solution more often.
"He's not just a striker but one of his targets must be to improve
the amount of goals he scores every season.
"One of the most important things is he's a very good player but
his age – he's just 21, so he has a lot of years to improve. In
the way he's doing, we'll see he'll improve year by year."
City will be facing a managerless Swansea side following the
sacking of Garry Monk, who was relieved of his duties on
Wednesday after a run of one win in 11 games.
Pellegrini added: "I don't think the problem with Swansea was
the manager – Monk made a very good season with Swansea
last season.
"They're in a bad moment but it’s not down to one person - in
football, you're never surprised about anything but I'm sure he's
the same good manager he was last year.
"Normally in England some years ago there was more patience
with managers. Garry Monk had a great season last season,
now he's sacked because they lost two or three in a row. For
every team, in my opinion, they would play better if they stick
with the same manager.
"I don't think that's the way to manage a club."
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