Sterling's performance with Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-final match against Newcastle was very chaotic, where he always wasted opportunities and got a penalty but failed to execute it. He also got a free kick but unfortunately it went into space.
I think if Pochettino had given Cole Palmer the penalty opportunity, maybe Chelsea wouldn't have needed to finish the match against Newcastle until extra time. We know that so far the number of goals scored by Cole Palmer are from the penalty spot, so I think as a coach he can prioritize players to take penalty kicks with a higher percentage of goals. Apart from that, Chelsea managed to advance to the semifinals and had to face Manchester City. It's really tough but this is a competition they can fight for.
Apart from that, another match between Manchester United vs Liverpool was no less exciting where the two teams full of prestige and history in England exchanged goals until finally they had to finish in extra time too. What was unique about this match was Antony as the Red Devils' savior in the final minutes of the match which ultimately saved Manchester United from losing in normal time. It seems that Antony refuses to score his first goal in the EPL this season and prefers to score in other competitions such as the EFL or FA Cup.
In the extra time round, the decisive victory for the Red Devils came from young player Diallo who took advantage of an assist from Garnacho after making a quick counter-attack and I can't understand why Liverpool were eliminated from this competition and their defeat was also against a team they once slaughtered 7-0.
Well, that's why our football is always given interesting things beyond statistics or a team's performance and in the semifinals, Manchester United will play Coventry City (a championship division team). If they beat Liverpool they can do it, if they lose against a lower division team it will be very embarrassing.
Sterling's performance is even worse than before, he has been also missing the ball many times. The thing that i don't really like from him when sterling forced himself to driblle the ball then he missed it. It was also giving chelsea a counter attack from its opponents. Pochettino should reconsider in utting him in the starting lineup soon. It is caused by the fact that Sterling is not great at developing chemistry with his friends. Sterling could also score it multiple times if he did it correctly but he could not. Sterling is degrading a lot compared when he played on chelsea's rival.
Sterling likes to demonstrate that he has lost all of his ability to execute properly as a veteran players who have got a lot of experiences in playing as a professional football, which is causing the club to lose a lot of chances. Sterling has always played poorly, and this is his worst performance. Sterling had a one-on-one with Leicester's goalkeeper, but he was unable to capitalize.
Without a doubt, if City kicked him out in the past due to awful performance from Sterling Sterling has had a terrible performance in this game. It only hurts my eyes to see him miss so many opportunities. What is wrong with this guy?
Chelsea fans should have boycotted him from the starting lineup. I knew he was a veteran, but that did not mean he could outperform the younger players. He was also extremely selfish when he owned the ball. He tried to dribble it himself several times, which is destroying Chelsea's gameplay.
Sterling completely showed the difference, and he lost everything. The situation improves after Sterling leaves and is replaced by Medueke. Medueke was able to dribble solo and score the blues.