that miss is why sterling will never quite be on the level of a neymar or mbappe, let alone a messi or ronaldo, and this is not me having a go: he was our best player before he missed. but those players would never miss that. ever. he does it once a season.
he is never going to become that ruthless, composed, top class finisher. the fact that he still scored 31 goals this season without being very good at shooting is testament to his movement and intelligence to get into good positions. tonight is on Pep and VAR and Ederson as much as it's on him.
the point is, if aguero's knee is fucked we need a goalscorer. fast.