Now, Raheem Sterling has to believe that this will represent lift off. It was simple, one he could not miss, but they all count. This one more than the others.
Sterling was sent on to finish this game off for Manchester City, who had rather laboured. And he obliged on 72 minutes to take them within a point of qualification for the knockout stages.
He waited at the back post, as he has done on so many occasions inside this stadium. City worked possession towards the byline, Ilkay Gundogan breaking the lines and there Sterling was alone.