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Anonymous: It's as bad an England performance as we've seen for a long time. We were very, very lucky to draw 1-1. Absolutely dire football to watch.
Anonymous: Seriously, England, it’s like watching Sunday morning football at the local park. (No disrespect intended) to Sunday league players. What is the matter with these players for goodness sake!
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Gareth Southgate: 'Huge amount of work to do'
Clearly not what we would have hoped [for]. We're not using the ball well enough and we have to accept that if you do that you will suffer at times as we have tonight. We know there's another level we have to find.
There's a huge amount of work [to do], that's evident from the two performances we've given and we've got to be tight. We understand people will be disappointed with the performances and rightly so and we've got to make them better.
I think we've played teams that are quite fluid in back threes and it's not easy to get pressure on them but we've got to do that better than we have in these last two matches. Not keeping the ball has been another problem.
I wanted Conor [Gallagher] on. We needed energy, we needed to press better. Conor does that very well. He's [Alexander-Arnold] had some moments where he's delivered what we thought he would. We know it's an experiment. We know we don't have a natural replacement for Kalvin Philips. We're trying different things and at the moment we're not flowing as we'd like.
We needed energy. We've had two games in a short turnaround and we needed fresh legs, energy to press. I think Harry has only had one 90 minutes in over a month so that was the decision we took.
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'No energy and no guile'
It was very poor, it wasn't good enough, and listening to Kyle Walker's interview, we've all been there as players. Yes, you do try and take the positive, and yes it is tournament football, but it's our job and the coach's job to dissect what's gone wrong, and where do you start there? No energy, no guile, I wouldn't say lack of effort or not trying, but there's so much more to come from those players out there.
I look at Jude tonight, he couldn't put one foot in front of the other. He couldn't get forward. I look at Phil Foden on the left. Is he affecting the game? No, no chance. I look at Saka and Harry Kane. I know he got his goal. I mentioned in commentary about running in behind, at least when Watkins came on the defenders were running in behind. It was really really poor and it is concerning, absolutely.
Let's use John Stones as an example. How many times do you see him get the ball and run into midfield or get the ball to his back and turn in the Man City team? So many times, he's brilliant at it. How many times has he done it in the two England games? I can't remember any.
How many times do you see Declan Rice get that ball and burst forward? How many times have you seen him do it in an England shirt in the last two games? None. How many times do you see Phil Foden get the ball in the middle of the park and turn? Maybe once when he had the shot and hit the post. Gareth - at the minute - is not getting the best out of his players.
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Fan reaction...
Anonymous: That was an unforgivable performance. I can’t even work out what they were trying to do tactically. The starting team was wrong, especially midfield, and the substitutions were poor. Southgate had game-changers on the bench and was too frightened to use them.
Dean, Northampton: Quite easily the worst game of the tournament - Southgate is so defensive-minded. He was settling for a 1:0 after 19 mins. The average positions of each player before and after the England goal proves that. We've no chance against the top teams - absolutely no chance UNLESS Southgate changes his tactics. Players, of course, also have a responsibility which none of them took this afternoon.
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Harry Kane: 'It's time to stay calm and reflect'
We said before the tournament there's no easy game in major tournament football. For sure we've got levels we can reach and be better with the ball and without the ball.
We're top of the group, all but unqualified, and what I said in the press conference before is that's the number one objective. I know there will be noise and disappointment. It's time to stay calm and reflect.
We're struggling both with and without the ball. We'll have to go away and look at it back. The pressure in both games hasn't been right. Everyone is dropping below their level in terms of retaining the ball. We're calm. It wasn't our greatest game. Now we can hopefully build.
We are starting games well but when the teams are dropping a few players deeper, we're not sure how to put the pressure on and who's supposed to be going. It was a difficult game. Credit to Denmark.
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'A dismal showing from England'
A dismal showing from England that says this team cannot win this tournament. Scored opener but were 2nd best everywhere after that. Lucky to get draw. Big names like Kane, Bellingham & Rice failed to show, while TAA should not be playing midfield. That's on Southgate. As are subs that did not work & a general lack of energy & ideas.
Foden was OK, but never from the left! That needs to change. I said Serbia result should not be "boxed off as a win" - and this is why! Performances are the greatest indicator of future results.
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'Fair play to Southgate for sticking with his pre-tournament plan'
I would have dropped Trent Alexander-Arnold for this game as I think if we keep a clean sheet we win the game. But fair play to Gareth Southgate for having the courage of his convictions and sticking with his pre-tournament plan. I think England will win 2-0 regardless.
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'My concern is Alexander-Arnold in midfield'
I've got no real issue with naming the same team. I think it'll be more than enough to win. My concern is Alexander-Arnold in midfield probably doesn't win you a tournament. Also, Foden has to show more of himself here, regardless of position. Kane needs more involvement, too. Plenty of intrigue.
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Gareth Southgate: 'We've got to take care of things today'
We've got to take care of things today. It's about performing well and taking care of this game today. We needed to check all the players but we wanted that continuity. I think that breeds confidence in the group. We know that we did some things very well on Sunday and some things we want to do better.
I want him [Alexander-Arnold] to do the things he's really good at. Everyone knows the range of passing he has. The ability to unlock defences. He did a lot of things well on Sunday and if he can add that final pass, final moment, he can cause Denmark a lot of problems.
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'England bus situation raises safety concerns'
England’s arrival at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt was slightly delayed as the team bus was forced to crawl through thousands of fans in chaotic scenes outside the stadium, with Denmark supporters making obscene gestures to the players just a few feet away.
The Denmark coach carrying their players had already arrived when the England bus approached the entrance 10 minutes later. However, there was no designated route or road arranged and it needed stewards to hurriedly clear a pathway through fans of both nations. Followers of Denmark took the chance to goad the England stars.
Gareth Southgate sat at the front of the bus and waved to Three Lions supporters, who were close enough to touch the official vehicle and take photographs of the manager and players through the windows. The situation raises safety concerns about why the bus was passing so closely through a congested area next to turnstiles and food vans and without a cordoned-off passage.
England’s players finally walked onto the pitch for a look around the arena 75 minutes before kick-off.
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John Stones: 'We can improve tonight'
[We need to] build from the game the other day. We set a great platform and we all know we could have played a lot better in certain areas of the game.
We played them [Denmark] in the last Euros, came out on top, and want to do that again. What we've done at training we've looked at and hopefully, we can improve tonight.
We've got to use the ball better. After the game, we recognised straight away that we could have controlled the game a bit more. It's always difficult in the first game. You want to get the win at all costs. Now it's time to build and use the quality you've got.
Incredible. he didn't show any nerves - I'm sure he was nervous! How he performed, the maturity he showed, hopefully we can go on and whoever plays keep clean sheets.
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'A huge cheer went up among the Danish fan'
A huge cheer went up among the Danish fans gathered inside the stadium here when that goal went in for Serbia.
It could be a big goal for England but also for the Danes who need to be in touch with the top three places in the group whatever happens here tonight.
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Gareth Southgate: 'Winning matches in tournaments is incredibly hard'
I’ve been in this environment for eight years so I understand it all. Winning matches in tournaments is incredibly hard. In this tournament, you’ve now got incredible support for all the teams in the stadiums as well which is a little different to the last two tournaments.
We’ve had some good results over the years so maybe even we take results for granted, I should let the boys enjoy it more than they do. I hope they have a little bit longer than me!
There should be more joy in it but it’s not my reality if I’m frank. My focus is to get qualified from the group, two tough opponents, and two games to achieve that.
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