Euro 2024 – Denmark 1-1 England

There were scrappy, dangerous moments in the England box as Denmark sought an equaliser but there was nothing scruffy about Morten Hjulmand’s stunning leveller, which he hammered in off a post after Kane gave the ball away deep in his own half.

Bukayo Saka tried to rally his side after the break, looping a header over Kasper Schmeichel and into the side-netting and he was unable to turn in the rebound when Phil Foden drove against an upright after the disappointing Alexander-Arnold had been hooked. Southgate’s midfield experiment with the Liverpool man will surely be paused now.

The England head coach is rarely bold but this performance demanded an intervention and it came with a triple change on 69 minutes. Ollie Watkins, Jarrod Bowen and Eberechi Eze on. Captain Kane, Saka and Foden off. And there was almost an instant impact with Watkins nipping in behind the Danish defence before his shot was saved from a tight angle.

But with the otherwise impressive Marc Guehi having to frantically recover after giving the ball away and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg whistling a shot wide, England couldn’t shake off their lethargy.

Neville: Unless Southgate changes things, we know how this ends

Sky Sports’ Gary Neville on ITV: “It does feel like we’ve been here before. It’s not a time for panic. I don’t think Gareth Southgate does panic but it is time for him to interfere and find solutions and change something because of three things we’ve seen in these first two games.

“There’s an imbalance in the team, square pegs in round holes. Because of that you start to drop deep as a protective measure because you feel like you are not comfortable. Then the third thing occurs, which has happened to England over the years, and you can’t play out through midfield and play out from the back. You end up giving the ball away and we look like a mess.

“We know how this ends. He has to change something now.”