Manager says tough test a reminder that routs are not the norm‘Our forward play wasn’t at the level that it has been’
Gareth Southgate said England’s 1-1 draw with Ukraine was a reminder that the kind of crushing victory they have produced in recent qualifiers cannot be regarded as the norm.
An equaliser from Kyle Walker cancelled out Oleksandr Zinchenko’s opener and means England dropped their first points in Group C but remain six clear at the summit. They had scored 15 times in the previous four ties, beating North Macedonia 7-0 and winning 4-0 in Malta, and Southgate saw the outcome in Wroclaw as one that should temper expectations of regular goalfests.
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