Gary Neville has delivered his verdict on England’s slender 1-0 win against Switzerland in the UEFA Nations League at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday.
A poor first half followed by a much improved second half by the Three Lions led to their first win in the UEFA Nations League. Gareth Southgate fielded a number of new faces in a bid to avoid a fourth straight international defeat.
The likes of Fabian Delph, James Tarkowski and Jack Butland were given a chance to repay their faith. England had a very poor first half and it again came down to Marcus Rashford who netted the winner at the stroke of 53rd minutes.
Kyle Walker delivered a inch perfect cross in the box and an unmarked Rashford tapped home to register a win in the inaugural UEFA Nations League. Neville said, “Over the two games, I think Gareth will be happy.
“Against Switzerland, the first half worried me. It was a new team and you would expect there might be some difficulties in terms of how they play together, but it was the lack of urgency that worried me.
“He re-set them at half-time and I think in the second half, I thought it was good.
“I’ve been both on the pitch and in the dugout for England where I’ve been part of friendly games where it’s been tough, and awful at times.
“The good thing about tonight was that the awful part was in the first half and the second half was good, so at least it leaves the fans who have come here to Leicester with a good feeling.
“England played well in that second half, I thought.”
