Harry Kane has admitted that England’s failure at the European Championships might still be affecting the players’ confidence.
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For much of the game it was he, not Wayne Rooney, winning a record 116th cap as an England outfielder, who looked the side’s main attacking force as he switched wings and constantly probed a massed defence to try to force an opening.
Allardyce raised eyebrows in the wake of England’s last gasp World Cup qualifier win over Slovakia by revealing he let Rooney chose which position he wanted to play.
The 28-year-old impressed in his first appearance under new Three Lions manager Sam Allardyce, in a largely disjointed performance from England in Trnava.
“I am happy to be in the box and hopefully I will get a goal for it”, added Tottenham forward Kane on the issue.
“But we have to be fearless and we have to get balls with quality forward and get players in good positions and hit them as quick as we can”.
“Yes, he’s not to forgotten that we want him to score goals”.
His departure signalled a period of intense pressure from England with Lallana hitting the post, and substitute Theo Walcott seeing a scrambled effort ruled out for offside, before the Liverpool midfielder snatched the last-gasp victor.
Wayne Rooney played too deep at times as Harry Kane was left isolated for the majority of the game. He read it very well, we won the game and dominated the game, outplaying the opposition. In the end, everyone back home was waiting with bated breath and we scored the victor.
“People might talk now or if I don’t score in the next five or six games. Why should Slovakia go there when we have England in the group?”
“We played them in the Euros and they are a very well organised team”, Dier told reporters. He pushed up into a more orthodox number 10 role at half-time, only to retreat to a midfield holding role after Allardyce sent on Dele Alli for Henderson.
“He’s won everything at Manchester United, more or less, at Champions League and domestic level”.
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“When you play up front on your own you are not always going to have players around you and I think it is about having that battle and holding it up for the team, running in behind and I think we did that well.” he said.
