England manager Gareth Southgate says the racist abuse suffered by Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford in the wake of last year’s Euro 2020 final has added “another layer of complexity” when it comes to picking penalty takers.
The trio were all targeted on social media after missing their penalties during defeat to Italy in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley, with Southgate describing the abuse as “abhorrent and unacceptable”.
