This is the key - and I think the Euros confirmed what we suspected. Sterling's greatest asset is his movement off the ball and his ability to find space. 80-90%+ of the time, we are playing against packed defences and even top teams like Chelsea now adopt that style along with a fast counterattack to undo us. He struggles greatly in that scenario.
Ah yes, no one ever parked the bus against us from 2017-2020.
Its amazing what people will write sometimes to try and force reality to fit their narrative.
Sterling scored the vast majority of those 115 goals against packed defences.