But Adam Lallana finally made the breakthrough in injury time when he bundled home his first global goal to secure all three points in what was, arguably, England’s most hard qualifier. It’s not a big thing and I think there’s a big over-reaction to it. “I saw a little nervous tension”.
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“They had a holiday, a pre-season, then it comes to the first game after Iceland and maybe there was nervous tension”. I think it was possession for possession’s sake rather than trying to break the opposition down.
But Allardyce said: “This is the most decorated outfield player in England”. Oh, I don’t know …’ But we have to be courageous. He’s been a goalscorer all his life and I want him to do that again, but he reads a game as he reads it.
“I felt the stamp”.
The 23-year-old missed a golden chance to give England the lead in Allardyce’s first game as manager away to Slovakia but insists he is not panicking.
“It is different in terms of Steve Peters”, Allardyce said. Even though they already deal with a lot of pressure, on an global stage it’s a different type of pressure and they are very young. “We were really unhappy”, he added.
England midfielder Eric Dier says that the “scars are far from healed” after their Euro 2016 failure in the summer.
“That goal has been a long time coming”, he said.
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Sam Allardyce’s side are next in action when they host Malta on October 8 and a resounding win could see England take control of the group.
“Every kid around the world that loves this game dreams of playing in their national team colours and representing the country they love…”
“It could be”, the striker said.
“It’s up to me to (ask): ‘Are you playing well in that position?”
“Today Wayne played wherever he wanted to”.
“I am using his experience to its maximum on the field”.
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“He’s won everything at Manchester United, more or less, at Champions League and domestic level. Mine and Wayne’s relationship, as we grow, will always be to promote him wherever he plays”.
