Raheem Sterling truly announced himself as a world-class player during the 2017/18 season.

The new Chelsea signing has closed the book on his seven-year spell at Manchester City in which he rose from a fledging talent in the English game to arguably the world's finest goalscoring winger this week.

However, it wasn't all plain sailing for Sterling at the Etihad Stadium with his first two seasons at the club feeling like a case of: 'much of the same,' with his inconsistent Liverpool form carrying over.

Sterling's impeccable 2017/18

But they do say that a high tide raises all ships and that certainly felt like the case during Sterling's third season in Manchester where he really came into his own on the way to Premier League glory.

It was the year that everything clicked for Pep Guardiola's men as they evolved into one of the greatest teams that English football has ever seen, amassing a record-breaking 100 points along the way.

And a series of crucial goals from Sterling in the early weeks of the campaign against the likes of Bournemouth and Southampton not only set City well on the way to glory, but really allowed him to nail down a place in the team.

In the end, the England international could close out the season with a sensational record of 23 goals in 46 games, ultimately setting him on the path to even more prolific years in 2018/19 and 2019/20.

Sterling on 'All or Nothing'

Nevertheless, it felt rather apt and fitting that Sterling's breakthrough in sky blue was the one that was captured in revolutionary depth by the first in Amazon's "All or Nothing" documentary series.

With fly-on-the-wall cameras tracking City's journey to 'centurion' status, the evolution of Sterling into a top-class player was also beamed into fans' living rooms with the good, the bad and the ugly all making the cut.

We mention the bad parts too because no season is ever perfect and for all the undoubted brilliance that Sterling delivered in 2017/18, there were also a few mishaps along the way.

And none came bigger than Sterling's dreadful open-goal miss during the 1-1 draw at Burnley in February 2018, which was one of just six Premier League games where City dropped points that season.

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Sterling was presented with a glorious opportunity to snatch all three points when the ball arrived at his feet in the penalty area, the exact scenario that he had turned into guaranteed goals that year.

However, on this occasion, the ball went bobbling wide of the post and Sterling was eventually hooked off by Guardiola, looking visibly gutted that he had spurned such a massive opportunity.

Guardiola and Arteta talk about Sterling

And courtesy of Amazon's all-seeing eye, viewers at home were give the chance to see Guardiola and Mikel Arteta talking privately - well, as privately as a recorded conversation can be - about that very incident.

Considering it was an anomalous, but no less damning, error in arguably the biggest season of Sterling's life that would eventually propel him all the way to his current Chelsea move, it really is gripping to watch back how they spoke about the England star under the circumstances.

In fact, Blues fans might well find that Guardiola and Arteta's chat about Sterling tells them a lot of promising things as they look forward to seeing him play in a darker shade of blue next season. Check out the footage below:

You can just tell how much respect and admiration they had for Sterling.

Sterling: Determined and admirable

It's certainly fascinating to watch back all these years later when you consider that Guardiola is still at City, Sterling has gone on to sign for Chelsea and Arteta now holds the reins as Arsenal manager.

And considering how honest Guardiola was about essentially giving Sterling pretty brutal feedback, subbing him off because of the mistake, it sounds as though his reaction to it all was remarkably mature, upbeat and dedicated all things considered.

They're all traits that are completely and utterly befitting of Sterling's character, granted, but you could certainly have forgiven him for not having been on top form when he's getting dressed down for an error he's already gutted about.

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Yet, not only did he take it all on the chin and own up to his error, but he did so in a way that clearly left a positive and impactful impression upon Guardiola.

You can tell from the City boss' very first syllables in the clip that he had a lot of love for Sterling and no doubt that most fruitful of relationships will form between the player and Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge.