#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2020/21 Performances

[warringtonblue]

Closer, how many has he scored when he times that excellent run to the back post?

I’m not denying that but going on past demeanours he’s not a dead cert to score from there

 

[supercity88]

Both Sterling and Mahrez were a constant menace last night. Mahrez getting the ball to feet and dribbling like it was glued to him and Sterling running in behind, dropping deep and just being all over the place to cause Wolves a headache.

Wolves wanted to keep their backs to goal and have us in front of them where they could stay solid but Sterling kept finding space to stretch them. Gabby also did that. And Mahrez just linked up with Bernardo and created havoc.

At 1-1 with not too long left, I'd usually be looking to the bench for Pep to make a change but I knew we had the right players on the pitch and just needed that quality in front of goal to take advantage.

 

[Rolee]

I think he would have been slightly ahead of the ball last night and, had it got through to him, it would have bounced off him away from the goals. Doesn't matter though as it went in.

Really?

 

[mosssideblue]

Really?

Really, it looked like the ball would have been behind him

 

[Rolee]

Really, it looked like the ball would have been behind him

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Really, it looked like the ball would have been behind him

It wasn't behind him. EDIT: Rolee beat me to it:)

 

[mosssideblue]

It wasn't behind him. EDIT: Rolee beat me to it:)

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That looks fair enough. When I saw it in real time, it looked a lot more likely Sterling was progressing too fast and the ball would have ended up behind him

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

I’m not denying that but going on past demeanours he’s not a dead cert to score from there

No one is.

17/18 - 19/20 League goals from shots/attempts in the 6 yard box:

Gabby 10 from 35
Raz 21 from 35
Kun 14 from 33

Of course that still depends on how big the chance was. I could check the xG on them but I already know (having looked at this generally before) that Aguero and Sterling will broadly be the same and Jesus quite a bit behind.

That is not to say Sterling is anywhere near Aguero's level.

 

[HelloCity]

I remember a couple of people on here saying Rashford was better than Sterling a month or two back. (Lol)

 

[Craig]

I remember a couple of people on here saying Rashford was better than Sterling a month or two back. (Lol)

Both hugely overrated but prefer Raz