Barring his finishing (which was woeful) Sterling's all-round play in the WC was generally very, very good. As you say, Sweden and Colombia were both absolutely shit scared of his pace and he drew countless fouls and made superb intelligent runs creating space for others.
There is plenty to moan about regarding UEFA but they've got this tournament absolutely spot on - the only thing I wish was that the groups were slightly bigger (4-5 teams) to give it a bit more of a league feel.
The Nations League meant that Gibraltar were able to record their first ever...
By that logic we also should’ve had a penalty for Sterling being trod on when through on goal, Ramos should’ve been sent off for leading with elbow, plenty of second yellows.
We were SUPERB. We were always gonna have to weather a storm second half against one of the top sides in the world. We...
Childish. Guessing you didn’t see it? Those Spain players and manager couldn’t have been taking the game any more seriously.
Superb performance, fully deserved result. Enjoy it.
We’ve been utterly superb. Cutting them open so clinically. Southgate got that absolutely spot on first half, Spain can’t handle our movement.
Kane, Barkley, Sterling, Rashford all top drawer.
Feels weird getting used to England actually being half decent, but it’s lovely.