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Sterling won't sleep well tonight – Lineker on Man City man's glaring miss

  Sterling won't sleep well tonight – Lineker on Man City man's glaring miss by John Skilbeck 15 Aug 2020, 23:35 Raheem Sterling would struggle to sleep after his big miss against Lyon in the Champions League quarter-final, according to Gary Lineker. Usually so reliable in front of goal for Manchester City, Sterling blazed a glorious open-goal chance over the Lyon bar when the French side were 2-1 ahead. An equaliser then could have seen the game swing City's way, but instead Lyon poured forward and scored another against Pep Guardiola's team, wrapping up a shock 3-1 win. Former England striker Lineker, now a presenter with BT Sport, said Sterling got his technique wrong and attempted to apply too much power to the cross from Gabriel Jesus. "He looked like he was in the perfect position to hit it, but he's not going to sleep very well tonight, Raheem Sterling," Lineker said. He explained what Sterling got wrong at that critical moment. "I tell you why

Manchester City vs Lyon live

  Manchester City 3-5-2 31 Ederson Moraes 25 Fernandinho 50 E.  Garcia 14 A.  Laporte 2 K.  Walker 17 K.  De Bruyne 16 Rodri 8 I.  Guendogan 27 J.  Cancelo 9 G.  Jesus 7 R.  Sterling 11 M.  Depay 21 K.  Toko Ekambi 27 M.  Cornet 8 H.  Aouar 39 B.  Guimaraes 25 M.  Caqueret 14 L.  Dubois 20 F.  Marcal 6 Marcelo 5 J.  Denayer 1 A.  Lopes Lyon 3-5-2 substitute players: 31' Manchester City 0  -  1 Lyon half-time: (0 - 1) MATCH INFO TRACKER STATISTICS LINE-UPS commentaries : 30' Dangerous challenge by Marcelo from Lyon. Kyle Walker on the receiving end of that. 30' Memphis Depay swings in a cross from the free kick. 30' Ball possession: Manchester City: 60%, Lyon: 40%. 29'  After a tactical foul, Fernandinho sees no other way than stopping the counter and receives a yellow card. 29' The referee signals a free kick as Fernandinho from Manchester City trips Houssem Aouar 29' Lyon is trying to create something here. 29' Manchester City take a throw-in at the lef