Manchester City grateful for Raheem Sterling’s late winner against Feyenoord

Into every life a little rain must fall, and Manchester City were threatening to end their winning sequence at 16 with their first scoreless draw of the season until Raheem Sterling turned a humdrum evening into a celebration with a goal two minutes from time. A 17th successive win in all competitions means City have won their group with a match to spare, though in fact that was already the case when Sterling played a give-and-go with Ilkay Gündogan and raced through to beat Brad Jones with an angled shot.

Napoli’s three goals against Shakhtar Donetsk had confirmed City’s untouchability at the top of Group F by that point, and though this was far from one of their most memorable performances it could be excused on the grounds that key players such as David Silva and Fernandinho were rested. And that City kept plugging away right until the end to achieve a win that hardly matters. Pep Guardiola will have been pleased to see that, and so will the home fans.

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