I always think it must double the pressure when you’re brought on as a specialist penalty taker. Anyhow, the best team won.The two subs he brought on for pens missed. Both rags, as for the last pen Saka? Why? Surely a more experienced player should have used.
I just hope we become a bit more proactive as a team after this. We’ve seen twice now, against good teams in the later stages of tournaments, you can’t try defend a lead for ninety minutes. You need to be able to get hold of the ball and keep it, and you need midfielders who are footballers first and defenders second to do that. Rice and Philips are both decent but playing them both together is so negative.