England lost the first game of their Nations League campaign as Spain came from behind to win 3-2 at Wembley.
The world champions went ahead early through Lamine Yamal but trailed at the interval when Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane, via a deflection, netted for England.
But Kane then hit the bar with a penalty, and Spain came roaring back to win thanks to goals from Alex Baena and Mikel Oyarzabal.
Dom Smith was at Wembley to rate the England players’ performances…
James Trafford 5
Out of his goal decisively to make an early save but conceded three times and was not always on song with his distribution.
Jarell Quansah 5
Joined in with attacks and was generally solid. Headed over the bar with a decent chance.
Ezri Konsa 4
Part of an England backline that shipped three goals, and didn’t cover himself in glory.
Marc Guehi 3
Not a good night from the Manchester City man, whose terrible backpass gifted Yamal the opener in the second minute. Booked.
Nico O’Reilly 5
Did OK and used his physicality when he needed to. Shown a yellow card for a foul.
Elliot Anderson 5
Worked very hard but Spain too easily bypassed him in midfield.
Myles Lewis-Skelly 6
Fitted in well in midfield, a physical presence who also got a couple of shots off.
Bukayo Saka 6
Worked incredibly hard, making space to shoot a number of times and coming close to
The best player on the pitch, alongside Yamal. Assisted Gordon, won the penalty Kane missed, and was absolutely everywhere.
Anthony Gordon 7
A constant thorn in Spain’s side, the Barcelona winger ran them ragged and scored England’s fantastic equaliser when he ran through and calmly converted.
Harry Kane 5
Scored his first career goal against Spain to put England ahead with a heavily deflected header but was unable to make it 3-1, slipping at the crucial moment and hitting a penalty against the bar, uncharacteristically.
Subs:
James Garner (Lewis-Skelly, 70’) 5
Found himself in an unfamiliar position late on and his cross was poor.
Morgan Rogers (Rogers, 70’) 4
Didn’t manage to make much of an impact when he came on, despite intense pressing. One very poor cross ballooned out of play.
Morgan Gibbs-White (Saka, 83’) N/A
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Kane, 83’) N/A
Jarred Branthwaite (Guehi, 89’) N/A
Not used: Pickford, Steele, Alexander-Arnold, Scott, Chalobah, Hall, Eze
