Manchester City midfielder Raheem Sterling has hit out his peers for ignoring him and his teammates for awards in recent seasons.

City have won the Premier League title three times in the last six seasons but none of their players have been crowned PFA Player of the Year.

Sterling, who was named PFA Young Player of the Year last year, says the lack of individual recognition shows that City players have been unfairly overlooked.

"Especially in the last year where we have won the domestic quadruple including the league, to not have a player winning PFA Player of the Year kind of speaks for itself really," Sterling told AS.

"The award was given to a Liverpool player [Virgil van Dijk] who had a fantastic season but I look at previous seasons as well when Yaya Toure scored 20 goals from midfield and he didn't win Player of the Year.

"Also, Sergio Aguero has been at the club for more than seven years and has scored unbelievable goals during this time, yet none of City's players have won it.

"It is impossible to win the league four times and none of the players were Player of the Year."

He continued: "So, this year Liverpool win the league and a Liverpool player will win the Player of the Year for sure,' he said. 'We won the league four times and we were not treated with the same respect.

"The first year we won the league [under Pep Guardiola], Kevin De Bruyne was unbelievable and they gave it to another player [N'Golo Kante].

"Every year we win a major trophy and it's given to an opposition player. It's that sort of thing that doesn't depend on us, but we keep going."