One thing I don't think he's getting enough credit for is that little run he made before the goal.
It looks extremely basic. He takes the ball about 10 or so yards and lays it off to Kane. But it's so effortlessly brilliant.
Over that short distance, he not only breaks a vertical line, but he takes out 3 defenders with a few short touches, before a 4th with the pass.
I don't think people realise how difficult that was. There's an extremely limited number of players in the world who have the close control, acceleration, agility, and intelligence to do all that. I can't even think of 5 other players who could've done that. None of the other English players could, and I include Foden, Grealish, Sancho, Mount, and Saka in that.
That move was so important, because that's the reason Germany were backpedalling so much, because Sterling changed the whole attack.
It was why at the 2018 World Cup every team double marked him, because that ability to drive through the middle is lethal. Literally outside of having a David Silva style genius who can position himself perfectly between the lines for receiving passes, the next most dangerous thing is having a guy that just run through. Those areas are always the most promising for an attacker to have possession.
I do feel a bit OTT typing this out though, as Sterling at the time probably didn't think much of it. He just saw a gap and went. But it's like Aguero smashing it in the near post; it looks simple enough but only he seemed to be able to do it, which is the measure of his quality.
