There are more where that came from of supposed top class players missing these kind of chances. Now make no mistake that was inexcusable last night and given the circumstances even more shocking. He will be replaying that in his mind until the the next game and despite an otherwise good personal season this will be all everyone will remember about it.
But these kinds of posts claiming he is not a big game player, isn't world class or worse sane would be preferred are just laughable. It's like some have short memories and forgotten it was sterling(along with a few) who mainly stepped up and played a key role towards the business end of the 'fourmidables' season when sane run out of favour and de bruyne was mostly injured.
Or that he has been one of the few standout performers including yesterday prior to his miss in these knockout games where the team has faltered due to both pep overthinking and getting in the teams' way as well as the defence going to crap. Especially in the tottenham and monaco ties where he scored or assisted 5 of the 10 goals but the team still got knocked out because the defence managed to concede 10.
I thought he had moved on and ironed these kind of misses out of his game after the burnley one and how he bounces back from this one like he did that will define the next part of his career as he enters his peak. It can either spur him on and take him to the next level or drain his confidence and have him revert to overthinking every chance he gets going forward. And while I think a brain fart like that is always possible amongst even the best players, the circumstances and frequency of it can have a negative impact on a player, hopefully its the opposite for him as this is already a top class player who can truly help fire the team to many more trophies. All things considered he is the least of the teams worries.
