RAHEEM STERLING Ignited England’s Euros Campaign With His First Goal At A Most Important Tournament
Manchester City winger Sterling - who had performed at two World Cups and Euro 2016 without discovering the net - clipped home a scrumptious pass from man-of-the-match Kalvin Phillips. And England are now nearly sure to attain the knock-out stage, as well as being red-hot favourites to pinnacle Group D and earn a last-16 match at Wembley. There had been calls for Sterling to be benched in favour of Jack Grealish however the City man justified his resolution in style with a livewire return-to-form display, as nicely as the essential goal. Phil Foden curled a shot towards the inside of the post after just 5 minutes however just as England were looking frustrated in their attempts to smash down the Croats, Sterling struck 12 minutes into the 2nd half. In front of a vociferous 21,000 crowd at Wembley, this was an encouraging - if not flawless - performance, which have to set up England well for a tournament when they will play the majority of their fits on home soil. Southgate sprang one