how well you do in the CL matters. If Barca win it, then its messi's. If Liverpool win it the you can pretty say that it's going to van dijk or still Messi.
Sterling has been vital af for city all season, he would have won the Ballon dor if city won cl. Pep fukked it all up. Plus he's stubborn so you expect City to crash out at this stage again next season because he won't change his delusional knockout CL tactics.
The owner of City should seriously consider getting rid of pep if he wants to win the CL because next time Madrid will be strengthened, Barca, Juve, Bayern, Liverpool etc too. This was the honestly the best chance for them to win the CL. Why? because they've beaten pool already so they got a mental edge, barca look bad defensively city front three would feast, ajax are inexperienced and City's game is superior to theirs.
This was a flop job. A disgraceful one.