How scary is the unhappy Sterling? Following the hat-trick of the last round of the Premier League, in the first leg of the Champions League knockout round in the early hours of this morning, the English Flying Wings once again played a good passing performance. 2 games to create 5 goals, such a Sterling, it is estimated that Manchester City will never want to sell again.
After scoring twice against Leicester City on 26 December last year, Sterling suffered a seven-game goal drought. But Guardiola didn't put him on the bench. After patiently waiting, Sterling finally broke out in the home game against Norwich, completing the fifth Premier League hat-trick of his career, and his goal count reached 104, equaling Chelsea legendary centre-forward Drogba.
Guardiola was very satisfied with his good form, so although the gap between the two games was less than 3 days, Guardiola let Sterling start the match against Portuguese sports. In the first half, City's attack was smooth sailing, and Sterling was also active on the left. In the 43rd minute, he received a pass from his teammate and entered the box, dangling the opposing defender near the bottom line and sending an inverted triangle pass, followed by Bernardo Silva's easy push to complete the goal.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, the moment that belonged to Sterling came, Bernardo Silva took the ball in the middle of the road and got rid of it continuously, and threw a peach to reward Sterling with a pass, and the British made a slight adjustment to the star and made a wonderful shot outside the box, the ball hung straight in the far corner, and the Portuguese sports goalkeeper could not reach the goalkeeper. In the last round of the Premier League, Sterling scored a perfect hat-trick with one left foot, one right foot and one goal each, and the calmness in front of the goal was surprising, and in this game, his shot was the same as the first goal against Norwich, and it was farther away and more difficult.
In this campaign, Sterling played a full 90 minutes, 1 shot on goal, 1 goal, 1 goal and 1 assist, contributing a game-high 4 successful breakthroughs, in addition to 1 key pass, 3 steals and 1 interception, with a pass success rate of 94%. After the game, he scored the second highest score of 9.4 points in the game, behind Bernardo Silva, who shot 2 shots and 1 pass, and performed very well.
It is worth mentioning that after scoring goals in this game, Sterling's Champions League goals have reached 24, successfully surpassing Haaland with 23 goals. In all competitions, Sterling has also scored 127 goals for Manchester City, ranking 10th in Manchester City's all-time top scorer list. After the game, Manchester City officials also made a poster to congratulate Sterling.
Sterling was so brilliant that he depressedly estimated that there was only a billion dollars for Mr. Gloris. During last Saturday's training session, Glalis was injured and was sidelined from the last premier league round and the Champions League knockout rounds in the early hours of this morning. In his absence, Sterling played well in the left winger position, scoring 4 shots and 1 pass in 2 games, which can be described as radiant, in this case, even if Glellish returns now, he can only sit on the bench and watch Sterling perform. And what Manchester City have to do now is to complete the contract extension with Sterling as soon as possible, with a weekly salary of 350,000 pounds? mere trifle!