England interim manager Lee Carsley strengthened his claims to be Gareth Southgate's permanent successor after a second successive win
England’s interim manager Lee Carsley was grateful to the golden boots and golden goals of captain Harry Kane to strengthen his case to become Gareth Southgate’s permanent successor.
He has been presented with opposition ranging from desperately poor against the Republic Of Ireland to game but very limited in the shape of Finland, England taking 57 minutes to finally turn an overwhelming weight of possession into Kane’s thumping first strike, to which he added another 14 minutes before the end.
Carsley has graduated via England’s Under-21s, as did Southgate, winning the European Championship in 2023 while offering a guiding hand to so many of the youngsters he brought into his first squad. Alexander-Arnold did not appear to have Southgate's full trust, especially in the defensive aspect of the game, while the "experiment" of using him in midfield in Germany in the summer was ill-thought-out and doomed to failure.
Carsley was full of praise, saying: "You have seen Trent's array of passing, an ability to control a game. It's not a surprise as we have seen him do it for Liverpool."
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