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Goal-shy Sterling still vital for England despite being dropped

The Manchester City forward has netted just twice for his country and is set to be left out against Panama, but still has a key role to play in Russia

October 9, 2015 – England, having already secured their qualification for Euro 2016, limp to an uneventful 2-0 win over an organised Estonia side. Theo Walcott opens the scoring shortly before half-time following a fine through-ball from Man-of-the-Match Ross Barkley before a 20-year-old Raheem Sterling – three months on from leaving Liverpool behind for Manchester City – seals victory with his second international goal five minutes from time.