The late introduction of Jack Grealish helped England salvage a 1-1 draw with Germany within the Nations League on Tuesday however supervisor Gareth Southgate stated the winger nonetheless has room to enhance the tactical aspect of his sport.
Grealish got here on 18 minutes from time in Munich and was a continuing risk down the left, creating an excellent alternative for Harry Kane earlier than serving to win the penalty which Kane transformed to cancel out Jonas Hofmann’s opener.
Southgate was happy with Grealish’s affect however stated he had so as to add extra to his sport.
“At the start of the game the challenge for the wide players was to attack, defend and to try and score goals – high tactical level and you’ve got to be spot on – and that’s an area Jack can get better at,” he informed reporters.
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Half of Grealish’s 22 England appearances have come from the bench and he has performed the complete 90 minutes solely 3 times.
“What he did do was carry the ball as the game opened up with a little bit more space,” added Southgate.
“The impact both he and Jarrod Bowen had was really important … there is a good challenge there among those players but we’ve got to keep pushing them.”
England, who’re winless of their first two video games following final week’s defeat in Hungary, host Italy on Saturday in a rematch of the Euro 2020 last.
