
England coach Gareth Southgate praised Conor Gallagher and Jordan Pickford after their friendly win against Switzerland.
Chelsea midfielder Gallagher, on-loan with Palace, was impressive in the 2-1 win.
Southgate said: "He is infectious. He can set the tone for the rest of the team, you see that with his club and he presses with ambition. He goes and makes contact and turns a lot of the ball over.
"To a degree, we are trying to work through the two games and manage the players. It has been a bizarre week with everything going on. We feel Mason Mount and Gallagher press well but can leave us vulnerable to the switch, the Swiss worked that out. We had an idea of what we wanted to do, we would have wanted Bukayo Saka to have a look at that.
"Everybody is always highlighting Jordan Pickford but you saw in the firs half the quality he has. He was composed with the ball today, he made good decisions and did not risk in silly areas. We played out form the back well, Ben White and Marc Guehi were very good. Ben got caught a bit for the goal but apart from that to come in at late notice with John Stones feeling something, he and Marc should be pleased."
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