article_snippet.sent: Once again the 20-year-old Liverpool forward has been rather stupid.
article_snippet.sent: Sterling’s first touch was perfect but then we expect that in Champions League these days.
article_snippet.sent: they should have scored at least one more — maybe two — during this period of dominance.
article_snippet.sent: When goals don’t arrive, though, things can go wrong and, for 10 minutes either side of half-time, that suddenly looked as though it might happen here.
article_snippet.sent: Into the second half and, briefly, this surprising pattern continued.
article_snippet.sent: Sterling inexplicably skews the dreadful Dejan Lovren shot wide in the second half when it looked easier to score .
article_snippet.sent: At this point the game, despite early indications, was in the balance and it was then that Sterling fluffed Sterling lines when handed the chance to settle his lines.
article_snippet.sent: Another raking cross from Henderson was miscued by Taylor in front of Joe Allen own goal and when the ball broke for Sterling on the six-yard line it seemed Joe Allen couldn’t miss.
article_snippet.sent: Newcastle failed to clear a corner properly with 20 minutes left and when Allen’s weak header came back to Joe Allen off Taylor