NEWSThe Standard

England ratings vs Spain: Harry Kane rues penalty miss as defender scores 3/10

Three Lions’ captain was unfortunate as he slipped taking spot-kick

England lost the first game of their Nations League campaign as Spain came from behind to win 3-2 at Wembley .

The world champions went ahead early through Lamine Yamal but trailed at the interval when Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane , via a deflection, netted for England.

This content is provided by Ex.Co Player and may use cookies or similar technologies. Please click 'Allow and Continue' below to load the content.

But Kane then hit the bar with a penalty, and Spain came roaring back to win thanks to goals from Alex Baena and Mikel Oyarzabal.

Dom Smith was at Wembley to rate the England players’ performances…

Out of his goal decisively to make an early save but conceded three times and was not always on song with his distribution.

Joined in with attacks and was generally solid. Headed over the bar with a decent chance.

Part of an England backline that shipped three goals, and didn’t cover himself in glory.

Not a good night from the Manchester City man, whose terrible backpass gifted Yamal the opener in the second minute. Booked.

Did OK and used his physicality when he needed to. Shown a yellow card for a foul.

Worked very hard but Spain too easily bypassed him in midfield.

Fitted in well in midfield, a physical presence who also got a couple of shots off.

Worked incredibly hard, making space to shoot a number of times and coming close to

The best player on the pitch, alongside Yamal. Assisted Gordon, won the penalty Kane missed, and was absolutely everywhere.

England denied fine comeback as Oyarzabal clinches thrilling Spain win

England vs Spain LIVE: Latest score and updates from Nations League

Wright reveals what punishment Man City deserve after finance scandal

Art After Dark is back with an exciting calendar of cultural events

A constant thorn in Spain’s side, the Barcelona winger ran them ragged and scored England’s fantastic equaliser when he ran through and calmly converted.

Scored his first career goal against Spain to put England ahead with a heavily deflected header but was unable to make it 3-1, slipping at the crucial moment and hitting a penalty against the bar, uncharacteristically.

Found himself in an unfamiliar position late on and his cross was poor.

Didn’t manage to make much of an impact when he came on, despite intense pressing. One very poor cross ballooned out of play.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Kane, 83’) N/A

Jarred Branthwaite (Guehi, 89’) N/A

Not used: Pickford, Steele, Alexander-Arnold, Scott, Chalobah, Hall, Eze

Comments

Y
Loading...