England put in a lackluster performance against the United States on Friday night in their second World Cup game and Gary Neville is struggling to understand why two Three Lions stars are not playing after the 0-0 draw.
Southgate’s men offered very little throughout the 90 minutes and could only produce three shots on goal during the goalless clash.
While England struggled to create chances, Southgate left Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden intact on the bench and has barely used them so far in Qatar.
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville is disappointed that Southgate are not using the talented duo and has stated that they would both start for France, Spain and Brazil.
Gary Neville comments on two of England’s brightest stars after the USA draw
Speaking after England’s 0-0 draw with the US on Friday, Neville said of Alexander-Arnold and Foden via the Liverpool Echo:
“If we are not sure to play it [Alexander-Arnold] when we’re playing USA, they had a comfortable game when we were going to play the whole bench. We don’t have that right now and that’s okay, no panic here. Other nations, France, Spain, Brazil would have Trent Alexander-Arnold and Foden in their starting eleven.
“I get it looking at it a little bit after you’ve seen Trent Alexander-Arnold, you see a game like that where we lack creativity, you think the two players really should be there.”
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“I am divided because I have a lot of respect for Gareth and what he has achieved, he has achieved the most since Alf Ramsey. But we have a couple of talents sitting on the bench in the form of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Foden who are capable of starting the game.
“Alexander-Arnold has some of the best deliveries you’ll ever see from right-back and when Rashford came on he had Henderson and Trippier so he couldn’t make that delivery.
“I think those two coming off the bench is a bit disappointing, if you’re trying to win the game, they’re world-class talents.”
