Gary Neville blasts Gareth Southgate for wasting two England players ‘Brazil would pick’
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Gary Neville blasts Gareth Southgate for wasting two England players ‘Brazil would pick’
Gary Neville has blasted Gareth Southgate for snubbing two England players ‘Brazil would pick’ in their starting-eleven.
The Three Lions hit a stumbling block in their second group stage game of the World Cup as they drew 0-0 with the USA. Gareth Southgate’s side failed to meet the lofty expectations set following their 6-2 demolition of Iran.
The Three Lions lacked any form of creativity in attack, leading to question marks around Southgate’s team selection. Now ITV pundit Neville has taken aim at the England manager’s bizarre decision not to start Phil Foden or Trent Alexander-Arnold for the match.
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Neville said: “I think he’s worried about him [Alexander-Arnold] defensively. If we’re not confident of playing him when we’re playing USA, who had a comfortable third game when we were going to play the whole of the bench. We haven’t got that now and that’s fine, no panic here.
“Other nations, France, Spain, Brazil would have Trent Alexander-Arnold and Foden in their starting 11. I understand it from watching it a little bit having watched Trent Alexander-Arnold, you see a game like that where we lack creativity and you think them two players should really be in there.”
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Both Foden and Alexander-Arnold have been integral to their club side’s Premier League success in recent seasons. Yet the playmaker was only brought on late in the game while defender Alexander-Arnold did not make an appearance.
Neville went on to say: “I’m torn because I’ve got a lot of respect for Gareth and what he’s achieved – he’s achieved the most since Alf Ramsey. But we’ve got a couple of talents sat on the bench in the form of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Foden who are capable of opening up the game.
Do you think Trent Alexander-Arnold should start against Wales? Let us know in the comments section.
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“Alexander-Arnold has some of the best deliveries you’ll ever see from full-back and on that right side when Rashford came on, he had Henderson and Trippier so he was blocked from getting that delivery in.
“I think those two coming off the bench is a little bit disappointing, if you’re trying to win the game they’re world class talents.”
The result sparked outrage among some England fans, who deemed Southgate’s selection unforgivable. They will hope he gets it right in the crucial third fixture against Wales on Tuesday.
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