By Daily Sports on June 10, 2019

England deservedly claimed the consolation prize of third place at the Nations League 6-5 on penalties on Sunday after a 0-0 draw against a limited Switzerland in Guimaraes.

Gareth Southgate's men dominated the 120 minutes in northern Portugal, but Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Raheem Sterling all hit the woodwork, Callum Wilson saw a late goal ruled out by VAR and Yann Sommer made a string of saves.

England were faultless from the spot, scoring all six of their spot-kicks before Josip Drmic was denied by Jordan Pickford.

After years of disappointment in shootouts, Southgate’s side have now won two in 12 months after also edging past Colombia in the last 16 of last year’s World Cup.

Southgate made seven changes to the side that started Thursday’s 3-1 semifinal defeat to Netherlands with six of those involved in last weekend’s Champions League final returning.

Harry Kane was restored as captain and nearly made an impact inside two minutes, cheekily chipping Sommer, but the Swiss goalkeeper just touched the ball onto the crossbar.

England enjoyed far the better of the chances in an unsurprisingly subdued encounter, a third-place playoff in a newly-formed competition.

Sterling should have scored when he shot too close to Sommer after good build-up work by Kane.

Trent Alexander-Arnold started for just the second time in a competitive international and the Liverpool right-back showed why he may overtake Kyle Walker in Southgate’s pecking order with a series of the inviting deliveries that have become his trademark at club level.

Sterling did not make a clean connection from Alexander-Arnold's first dangerous cross before Alli met the second with a powerful header but could not keep his effort down.

England nearly got the helping hand they needed after halftime when Fabian Schar turned Danny Rose's fine low cross off the inside of his own post. (SuperSport)

•Photo shows England players 

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 10, 2019

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