England end year on a high but Gareth Southgate has many questions to answer before Euro 2020
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy After a game that many felt shouldn’t have even taken place, at the end of a year that has been so disorientating, there is one major question around England: have Gareth Southgate’s side gone forwards or backwards? The Manchester City attacker’s second also brought a century of goals under Southgate, Mason Mount claimed the game's other goal. As regards the overall answer, England have probably stood still a bit, but Southgate will hope that it merely sets up a leap forward for Euro 2020, in 2021.