Can you imagine if the roles were reversed in that incident? If Sterling had wasted that double chance, with Kane stood waiting to tap in the goal that would have sealed a place in the World Cup final? Sterling would have been utterly slaughtered. It would have been like Beckham after '98.
I guess it must somehow be Sterling's fault after all. Selfless national hero Harry Kane, was FORCED to have a really crap shot, and miss the open goal on the rebound, because he knew Sterling couldn't be trusted to roll the ball into an empty net from 6 yards. DAMN you Sterling.
Gutted, by both, but for Boro it was the injustice that was the over-riding thing. That made it really hard to let go.
This one, ultimately, was self-inflicted. We had Croatia at our mercy for 40 minutes and blew it. Harry Kane, in thirty years time, will be waking at night, agonizing over why...