Defeats are a rare occurrence for England under Gareth Southgate, but they come hand in hand with criticism.
Southgate knows that better than anyone and he did not make any excuses on Saturday night after his side suffered a shock first loss inside 90 minutes since November 2020. He refused to blame the soft award of the penalty that gave Hungary a 1-0 win or this run of four Nations League games coming at the end of a gruelling Premier League season.
