England coach Southgate insists no Foden issue over Italy substitution

Football
25 Mar 2023 • 11:27 PM MYT
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England coach Gareth Southgate denies any issues with Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden.

Southgate's Three Lions beat Italy on Thursday night thanks to goals from Harry Kane and Declan Rice.

But it was far from plain sailing for Southgate's men, who had to battle to victory with 10 men for the final 10 minutes of the match.

Man United full-back Luke Shaw was dismissed for a second yellow on the night and it forced the England boss into removing Foden, despite only bringing him 11 minutes prior.

Southgate said: "No, he [Foden] came up to me and said 'I know, I get it' he knew exactly what we needed to do.

"You obviously don't want to do that but we needed to get the full-back on.

"And we felt the change of the shape with them having to play around us but with enough bodies to deal with crosses but with wing-backs to stop those crosses was the right way to get around that."