Lallana started all three matches but has yet to register his first global goal, while Harry Kane and Sterling began in the side before making way for Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge.
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Tottenham Hotspur’s quintet of England stars missed out on the opportunity to claim top spot in their Euro 2016 group as they drew 0-0 against Slovakia.
Gareth Bale, the scorer of a direct free kick in each of the two previous games to equal a European Championship record, was close with several fine efforts before becoming the first player since Milan Baros in 2004 to score in three successive games at the European finals.
The aftermath leaves Roy Hodgson’s chances of staying on as England manager rather low, and William Hill has priced it at 4/7 that Hodgson will not be leading the side come the World Cup in 2018.
England manager Roy Hodgson says he does not fear anyone in the knockout stages, which is fair enough, but I do not see any teams being scared of playing us either, Shearer wrote in a column for BBC Sport. I definitely feel like we are going to give someone a real beating soon.
A point left them behind table-topping neighbours Wales in the standings and should hand them a tougher draw – starting with one of Portugal, Hungary, Iceland or Austria in the last 16.
“I suppose that would have been ideal for us to play more local but I think it’ll be exactly the same feeling if we play further away”, Clyne said.
Instead, I want to see Vardy play against sides when England are going to have to counter, are going to have to attack with plenty of pace, and when the game is stretched.
“But we are also frustrated, we had so much possession in the second half and I have not been involved in such a one-sided game as that for a long, long time”.
“It’s a frustration myself and the players will have to live with”.
Hodgson was heavily criticised for making six changes against Slovakia, but Hart rejected the notion that the England boss gambled. “We look forward to seeing who we play next”.
“We finished with Vardy and Sturridge on (against Wales) and it was really positive, now they are just part of the “six changes” and it’s a negative – you can’t have it all ways”.
“We’ll have had seven days to prepare for it and I think that’s a good thing for us”, said Cahill, who has recovered from a blow to a hip sustained against Slovakia.
“It was disappointing for us”, Cahill told ITV after the game.
England faded after a bright start to stumble to a 1-1 tie against Russian Federation, left it until stoppage time to snatch a 2-1 win over Wales and lacked the cutting edge to break down a well-organized but limited Slovakia team in a 0-0 draw.
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“Overall, fantastic performance. We topped the group, which nobody probably would have seen coming”.
