by Hoop Blah »
26 Mar 2018 09:57
Sanguine Good performance, passed the ball well, Henderson played the anchor role very competently, defence looked calm and we were incisive in the Dutch half, albeit without creating as many chances as we might have hoped.
Yep, on reflection I thought we played pretty well and controlled the game for the most part.
Only disappointing aspect was the lack of clear cut chances being created but I think that comes down to some poor final ball from both wingbacks and a lack of something from Lingard and Oxlade-Chamberlain, the latter should've probably got out wide to support Trippier a little more throughout the first half (that might've been Sterling's failing I guess but there were a number of times when Trippier was left pointing beyond him on the right because he didn't have anyone to pass to).
Best thing about the performance for me was the number of times we actually passed the ball forwards instead of the sideways and back passes that we are used to seeing all too often from England sides.
Looking forward to seeing how we do against a better Italy side tomorrow night.