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England manager Gareth Southgate has admitted he considered substituting Jude Bellingham before his stoppage-time equaliser against Slovakia on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Real Madrid midfielder had once again struggled to showcase his best form but remainded on the pitch \u2013 much to the frustration of many England fans \u2013 before rewarding Southgate\u2019s faith with a\u00a0dramatic overhead kick to send the game to extra time, where Harry Kane would go on to head home a winner.<\/p>\n
After the game, Southgate explained why he chose to keep Bellingham on the field despite his difficult showing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s strange, but I never felt like tonight would be the end of our tournament,\u201d he told\u00a0ITV<\/em>. \u201cEven with the long throw [from Kyle Walker], you felt there was hope. We can cause some chaos and something might drop. I didn\u2019t think the finish would be quite what it was!<\/p>\n
\u201cWith 15 minutes to go, you\u2019re thinking Jude is out on he\u2019s feet and should we take him off and put fresh legs on?<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you know the sort of impact he can have on a game and those moments are why you stick with him at that time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe top players affect the big games in the moments when you need them. It\u2019s that mentality that he has.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Bellingham rescued England late on \/ Shaun Botterill\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
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Despite his delight towards the eventual result, Southgate did not shy away from the fact that England fell well short of expectations against Slovakia \u2013 a team ranked 40 places lower in the FIFA world rankings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s one of those classic England nights where we put everybody through the mill,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey\u2019re a good team, it took us a long time to work out how to get through their pressure and you\u2019ve got to be patient to do that. There\u2019s anxiety in the stadium when you\u2019re behind too.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the second half, we did that better and we were probing and kept being patient. The players that came in had an impact, but in the end, we were relying on a long throw to be the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when you\u2019ve pushed as much as you have and the opponents out on their feet, then those moments can happen and you\u2019ve got to keep the belief.\u201d<\/p>\n
England manager Gareth Southgate has admitted he considered substituting Jude Bellingham before his stoppage-time equaliser against Slovakia on Sunday. The Real Madrid midfielder had once again struggled to showcase his best form but remainded on the pitch \u2013 much to the frustration of many England fans \u2013 before rewarding Southgate\u2019s faith with a\u00a0dramatic overhead kick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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