Former Manchester United defender and pundit Gary Neville has slammed Gareth Southgate's decision to not play Phil Foden in England's 0-0 draw against USA on Friday night. The Manchester City star was an unused substitute as the Three Lions failed to follow up their opening game thrashing of Iran.
It was the USA that seemed more likely to score out of the two sides in the clash, causing plenty of problems with their press and stopping England's key midfield men from gaining control of the game. Weston McKennie's skied effort and Christian Pulisic's strike that hit the bar was the closest either came to opening the scoring.
With England struggling to create, Neville questioned why Foden wasn't involved, telling ITV: "I know Phil Foden isn’t playing but for Phil Foden not to be playing for England is a real shame because he’s a massive talent. I think he’s our best player, our best talent by a mile. He should be playing in that team.”
