Sporting Lisbon 0-5 Manchester City: Player ratings according to the experts

Manchester City cruised to a 5-0 Champions League last-16 win over Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday, with Pep Guardiola’s men putting in a phenomenal performance in the Portuguese capital.

The Premier League champions were at their very best and were actually four goals ahead at the break thanks to strikes from Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and a Bernardo Silva brace.

Raheem Sterling got in on the act just before the hour mark, with City then coasting through the latter stages of the game, and last season’s beaten finalists already have one foot in the quarter-finals.

But who was the Sky Blues’ standout man? Well, for that we’ve had a look at the Whoscored match ratings from the 5-0 victory.

WhoScored claims its ratings are “considered to be the most accurate, respected and well-known performance indicators in the world of football”. It says that they are “based on a unique, comprehensive statistical algorithm, calculated live during the game”.

Here’s how they shape up…

Ederson- 6.7, John Stones- 7.0 (off 61), Ruben Dias- 7.2, Aymeric Laporte- 7.3 (off 85), Joao Cancelo- 7.2

Rodri- 7.7 (off 73), Kevin De Bruyne- 7.6, Bernardo Silva- 9.4 (off 85)

Riyad Mahrez- 9.1, Phil Foden- 8.0 (off 61), Raheem Sterling- 9.5

Ilkay Gundogan- 6.1 (on 61), Oleksandr Zinchenko- 6.6 (on 61), Fernandinho- 6.1 (on 73), Nathan Ake- 6.1 (on 85), Liam Delap- 6.0 (on 85)

The match ratings mean it’s Sterling who earned the Man of the Match accolade, while Silva registered his highest score of the season to date.