Raheem Sterling Thrives in Central Role as Liverpool Move into League Cup Semis

A refreshing change for Liverpool supporters as they enjoyed a 3-1 win over Bournemouth in the League Cup quarter-final, with Raheem Sterling playing a starring role—scoring twice and leading the line expertly.

The 20-year-old opened the scoring following a superb 52-pass move, heading in Jordan Henderson's header back across goal from Lazar Markovic's cross.

It was then Markovic who doubled the lead shortly after, scoring his first goal for the club.Sterling added a third soon after half-time, showing a clinical side to his game that was missing at Old Trafford just days ago.

However, he did fluff his lines when handed the perfect opportunity to complete his hat-trick from six yards out.

It showed that Sterling isn't the finished product—yet. But that it was too soon to write him off playing as a centre-forward based merely upon one performance in the role against Manchester United.

This was the youngster's ninth consecutive start, showing the reliance that Liverpool and manager Brendan Rodgers have placed upon him as the team have struggled for form.

Indeed, Sterling is Liverpool's most used player this campaign and has missed just one match this season, the last League Cup outing against Swansea City at Anfield.



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