Luke Shaw was England’s standout player in a thrilling 3-3 draw against Germany, but Harry Maguire and Nick Pope struggled at Wembley.
Nick Pope – 4
A game that exposed Pope’s weakness with distribution
Gareth Southgate remained defiant in his backing of Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire but said he would consider dropping experienced players if the situation became “untenable”.
England came from behind to lead Germany 3-2 in the second half of their final game before the World Cup, before eventually drawing 3-3 as Shaw, Mason Mount and Harry
Former England, Everton, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Leeds midfielder Fabian Delph has announced his retirement from football aged 32.
Delph made 204 Premier League appearances for Everton, Manchester City and Aston Villa after starting his career in the Championship with Leeds and won 20 international caps.
When Matt Jones tore his cruciate ligament twice before the age of 20, any hopes of a career as an elite sportsman went out of the window.
Luckily for him, the silver lining was right before
It was the morning after one of Northern Ireland’s most famous results and 18-year-old Jonny Evans was about to leave Belfast having been a surprise debutant at left-back in the 3-2 win over Spain.
He was heading back to Manchester United, where he had yet to make a senior appearance, knowing his career had taken a dramatic upward turn following an assured
Two goals in six second-half minutes saw Plymouth come from behind to beat Ipswich 2-1 and leapfrog them at the Sky Bet League One summit.
The first goal of a game that was played at the highest intensity from the off came six minutes before the break, when former Argyle striker Freddie Ladapo,
Raheem Sterling has jumped to the defence of under-pressure England boss Gareth Southgate ahead of his side’s Nations League clash with Germany, saying: “It’s not time to panic.”
England’s form has deserted them at just the wrong
Spain suffered a 2-1 defeat by Switzerland as goals from Manuel Akanji and Breel Embolo knocked the hosts off the top of Nations League Group A2 on Saturday with one game left to play.
The Swiss held firm against last year’s finalists for most of the game and handed their rivals only their second home loss in almost 20 years and their first in Spain since 2018.
Vivianne Miedema’s double helped Arsenal to a superb 4-0 win against Tottenham in a North London derby that smashed the WSL attendance record.
47,367 fans packed into the Emirates to watch the Gunners sweep aside their local rivals, smashing the previous record of 38,262 when Arsenal and Spurs played at
Hungary stunned Germany with a 1-0 win courtesy of Adam Szalai’s sensational heel flick on Friday to stay on course for a Nations League final four spot with one game left to play.
The 34-year-old Hungary captain, who will end
