I’ll leave you with Dave Hytner’s report from Helsinki. Thanks for your company and emails; goodnight!
Lee Carsley's reaction
The team responded really well and scored three good goals. I thought we were a lot better tonight – we played with a lot more control. Looking at the data we’ve just got, we had massive possession, lots and lots of passes, created lots of chances. But I think we can still be better.
Finland were very well organised, with five at the back, and there wasn’t a lot of space. When you have as much possession as we did, you’re always going to get chances from 70 minutes onwards and it was good that the subs made an im pact.
Trent’s quality speaks for itself; he’s more than earned his place. We do get bogged down with whether he’s left-back or right-back but what’s more important is that he gets in effective positions.
Jack (Grealish) was outstanding tonight. I think he’d have been really effective against Greece and I wish we could fast forward and play them next week.
[Do you want the job?] I’ve not really thought that much about it. My remit was to do six games and I’m really enjoying it. I didn’t enjoy it so much in the last two days – I’m not used to losing with an England team and I don’t take losing very well.
My bosses have made it totally clear what they need from me. This job deserves a world-class coach who has won trophies and been there and done it, and I’m still on the path to that.
