England winners and losers: Trent Alexander-Arnold influential but Jordan Pickford endures nightmare.

This will go down as a disappointing month overall for England.

They will not have expected to drop any points at all this autumn in the second tier of the Nations League, let alone suffer a shock defeat as they did against Greece at Wembley.

There will be a feeling that the Football Association (FA) have left with more questions than answers after October’s fixtures, with Lee Carsley luckless experiment against the Greeks follow by a deserved but unspectacular 3-1 win over Finland.

England winners

Jack Grealish

It feels as though Grealish has moved up England’s attacking pecking order under Carsley, thanks to goalscoring displays against the Republic of Ireland and Finland.

His composed finish in Helsinki showed ทางเข้า ufabet the confidence. Which he is playing right now. He has shown real character to recover from the blow of being left out of Gareth Southgate’s squad for Euro 2024.

Trent Alexander-Arnold

Carsley and Alexander-Arnold see eye-to-eye on the role of a full-back. With both men of the belief that in the modern day they can trust on both flanks and should given license to venture into midfield.

Alexander-Arnold is the protagonist of this becoming an integral player for England for the first time in his international career. Having only use sparingly by Southgate due to perceived weaknesses. When defending.

Angel Gomes

Lille midfielder provided the assist for Grealish’s goal and dictated tempo against Finland. Unlike the Greece match, England exerted more control over the game, particularly in the first half, and that was in no small part down to the influence of Gomes, who sat in front of the back four alongside Declan Rice.