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Raheem Sterling scored inside three minutes of his debut for Manchester City during this morning's pre-season friendly against Roma in Melbourne.
However, the 20-year-old appeared to have made a disastrous start to his career in Sky Blue when he fell over the ball after taking his very first touch for Manuel Pellegrini's side.
Yet the England international, who completed a protracted £49 million move Liverpool to the Etihad Stadium earlier this month, dusted himself down and found the net seconds later.
Sterling produced a perfectly timed run to beat the Italian outfit's offside trap, broke clear and slotted the ball past the onrushing goalkeeper into the bottom right hand corner of the net.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">3. GOAL - Sterling puts <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mcfc?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-1356-https://twitter.com/hashtag/mcfc?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#mcfc</a> 1-0 up!— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MCFC/status/623432969684959232" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-1356-https://twitter.com/MCFC/status/623432969684959232" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 21, 2015</a>
The finish was a clinical one and, after his transfer has caused an almighty furore throughout the summer, the youngster has finally been allowed to let his football do the talking.
