England’s embarrassing relegation from their Nations League group might just be the least of manager Gareth Southgate’s worries as they once again flouted their status as one of the supposed World Cup favourites. For balance, it should be mentioned that Hungary’s superb run continued with a 1-0 win over Germany in Leipzig on Friday. England’s form has fallen off a cliff at the worst possible time, and this run of form is deeply worrying with the days to the World Cup being ticked off. Brentford’s Ivan Toney, surprisingly excluded from England’s matchday squad here, must surely get a chance of some description against Germany. He is not a manager to hang players out to dry publicly, quite rightly, but England’s performance was so poor, so concerning when placed in the World Cup context, that criticism is inevitable and deserved after this latest loss.

Source: The Star September 26, 2022 00:13 UTC