The game in the capital ended 4-4, with Cole Palmer netting an injury-time penalty against his former side to ensure we earned the point our performance more than deserved.

Also on target for the Blues were Thiago Silva – who became our oldest goalscorer with his headed strike -, Sterling and Nicolas Jackson, with Sterling highlighting how the ‘character and belief’ shown by the squad to 'never give up' is what can be attributed to the final result.

‘We’ve played against one of the best, if not the best, teams from the past seven or eight years and we’ve had a right go at them,’ Raheem said shortly after the full-time whistle.

‘It’s a game that I think we could have got more from because we played with such belief and intensity but in the end, it’s certainly a good point for us.

‘It’s been a good week for us [beating Tottenham and drawing with Man City]. We’ve said for a while now, it’s been stepping stones all season for us.

‘Little things we’ve been working on we’re starting to build on now and you can see the belief in the squad, as we’ve just gone toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in the world.

‘It was important we stood up to City because they’re a team if you sit off them and show them too much respect, they can just easily pick you off and punish you.

‘We stood up to them, we were aggressive in our pressing and all the boys showed a real hunger and intensity. We showed real character and I think we were rewarded in the end.’

Sterling and Palmer are two players who have been used to winning silverware while with the blue side of Manchester in recent years.

Now they are both wearing Chelsea blue, Sterling hopes they can add more trophies to their collection and praised the maturity shown by Palmer to ‘keep his cool’ in the dying moments to net the deciding penalty in front of the Matthew Harding Stand.

‘Cole took the penalty really well,’ said our No.7. ‘Fair play to him, he’s despatched it away and he’s comfortable in those situations.

‘It was a big moment but he kept his head for us when we needed him to come up with the goods.

‘Chelsea and City are two clubs that know success. You look over the past years, both sides have been used to winning trophies and challenging for titles.

‘That’s the level we need to get back to and performances like this one will help us get there, so we need to maintain those levels and keep building.’