England vs Netherlands: Gareth Southgate insists his side will learn from Nations League semi-final loss
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. England’s hopes of a first trophy in 53 years went up in smoke in calamitous fashion as dreadful defending allowed Holland to seal a 3-1 extra-time victory and progress to the inaugural Nations League final. “At 85 minutes, you think you have scored to put you into a great position to go through, but with that being disallowed and then conceding the second really deflated the team.” Raheem Sterling meanwhile admitted England were punished for “silly” mistakes after their Nations League semi-final defeat. England lost in the semi-finals again “We have still made progress to get to this stage, it’s about kicking on and trying achieve the last bit.” Regarding Lingard’s disallowed goal, which would have put England 2-1 up, Sterling added: “It’s one of those things, one day it might help us but today it didn’t. “It went on the screen and it said they were checking for offside, so from that moment I realised there might be something there.” Harry Kane, who came on for the injured Rashford at half-time, denied last weekend’s all-English Champions League final between Tottenham and Liverpool hurt England’s chances.