Chelsea, but if another comes at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, then it is unlikely to be similar to his previous one.
Picking the ball up in a central area shortly before the hour mark in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final last January, Liverpool’s Sterling tore at the heart of the Blues defence, scorching past John Terry and Gary Cahill and burying an equaliser beyond the considerable reach of Thibaut Courtois and into the corner of the net at the Kop end.
It was a moment that encapsulated just why Brendan Rodgers was relying on Sterling so much during Liverpool’s misfiring 2014/15 season.