Congratulations to England, then, as the Three Lions qualify for Euro 2024. David Hytner was at Wembley tonight to witness them book their tickets to Germany. His report has landed, and here it is. Thanks for reading this MBM.
Gareth Southgate speaks to Channel 4. “They’re incredible to work with … so hungry, so eager to learn, so together … you saw that in the performance tonight … it was relentless tonight … what was really pleasing was that when we went behind we stayed calm … we used the ball really calmly from the back … our front players worked unbelievably … there were times in the first half we were a little bit passive … the big difference is we have more legs in midfield, more physicality … our midfielders and wide players did really well today … [the boos for Jordan Henderson] were drowned out, I think people realise his importance for us, to have a player of his experience … to calm things and be that experienced voice … this was the toughest qualifying group with the seedings … we’ve performed really well.”
