England player ratings from a drab old performance here.
, relieved to see offside flag go up after stepping out unconvincingly if ultimately correctly as Raspadori bore down on Pope’s goal. Settled down after that and produced the performance that basically nobody wanted: adequacy. It wasn’t a barnstorming critic-answering powerhouse leader of a display from Maguire, but it was by no means a disaster either. We know Southgate desperately wants him there in that defence and we also know why that’s the case.
It was a pretty unpleasant evening for England’s newly-crowned player of the year. We’ve learned that he isn’t really a left wing-back and probably shouldn’t play there. This is probably information we could have worked out without having to sit through 70 minutes of it, though.The sort of performance his critics would have you believe has been all he’s ever done in an England shirt.
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