England manager Gareth Southgate decided to do away with Sterling in prosecuting the match following a row involving the City star and Liverpool's Joe Gomez at St George's Park.
Southgate said that "emotions were still raw" after Sterling was involved in a clash with Gomez towards the end of Liverpool's 3-1 win over Premier League title rivals Manchester City on Sunday.
It is understood the pair were again involved in a row in the St George's Park canteen after meeting up for England duty on Monday, leading to Sterling's withdrawal from selection for the game with Montenegro at Wembley.
Southgate's action has generated a lot of reactions on Twitter. Below are some of the comments:
The ruck between Sterling and Gomez was no shock - footballers are passionate. I remember one ugly episode with England; Nigel Martyn stubbed his toe and Nick Barmby chuckled and said, "Oop, careful there." Nigel laughed too, but I quickly leapt in to ensure it didn't escalate.
- Kevin Keegan (@GalacticKeegan) November 12, 2019
Sterling was right to confront Gomez Cos Gomez was rude. England team mate and your acting up on live tv. I would of fly kicked him soon as we got to camp. No ones saying compete less or don't tackle as hard but allow the gripping up.
- knighty (@LeonKnight_) November 12, 2019
Raheem Sterling must be in the wrong because to drop one of Europe's best forwards for a young CB is odd. Fair play to Southgate! Shows that clout means nowt if you're wrong
- Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) November 12, 2019
Understand #lfc Joe Gomez appealed to Gareth Southgate not to send #mcfc Raheem Sterling home, before the England manager made his decision to drop Sterling from the Montenegro game.
- Rob Dorsett (@RobDorsettSky) November 12, 2019
England's national team used to be an oasis of peace, cohesion & unity. Just as he did with the Spanish national team when he was in a rivalry with Madrid , Pep Guardiola's toxicity & desperation is now threatening to shatter that peace with the Sterling episode. Good morning. 😊
- Babanla (@biolakazeem) November 12, 2019
Sterling lol. If Jose was his manager, we would have heard how he was casing problems in the English National squad. I remember how they brainwashed some people that Jose cased problems in the Spanish camp.
- Oloye Akin Alabi (@akinalabi) November 12, 2019
Southgate has thrown Sterling under the bus. Rows happen everyday on the training pitch. No one needed to know. Now their best player is missing. If I was Sterling I'd f**k Southgate off.
Spineless and weak! Yet again he becomes the bad guy. What a load of shit!
- FAROUQ 🚬🌿 (@farouq_yahaya) November 12, 2019
This is why England will never succeed! @sterling7 is by far the best England player but they'd rather hinder the team to try make him out to be a bad egg, successful teams would have kept that in-house and defo got a positive reaction out of both players come matchday..
- Jason Banton (@JasonBanton) November 12, 2019
Surprised to see Gareth Southgate throw @sterling7 to the wolves. Why didn't he just handle it internally? Nothing wrong with a bit of feistiness between teammates, and all got resolved very quickly.
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 12, 2019
