England are out of the 2022 World Cup after suffering a 2-1 defeat against defending champions France.
The Three Lions, led by manager Gareth Southgate, suffered a heartbreaking defeat despite being the game’s better team.
An opening goal from Aurelien Tchouameni fired France into a 17-minute lead, but they were pegged back after Harry Kane successfully converted a penalty just before the halftime break.
Olivier Giroud then became the game’s hero after heading Les Bleus back into the lead with just over 10 minutes to go.
However, Kane was once again gifted a chance to draw level after Mason Mount was bundled over in his opponent’s box. Despite being England’s most reliable goalscorer, the Spurs talisman unusually blasted the ball high over the bar.
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However, even though Kane and his penalty woes will be what the nation talks about, former Liverpool star Stan Collymore believes Man City’s Phil Foden was the Three Lions’ biggest disappointment.
“The French were streetwise,” Collymore said in an exclusive interview.
“They were the better team in the first half and more clinical when it mattered. Antoine Griezmann’s cross to set up Olivier Giroud was sublime and Kane’s missed penalty just proves how fine the margins are, but let’s not forget France were without their two best players in the engine room and we still couldn’t dominate that midfield area.
“The game’s star man for me was Declan Rice, but the biggest letdown was Phil Foden.”
England will now head home and prepare for the restart of the Premier League on December 26. France, on the other hand, march on and will now face Morocco on Wednesday, December 14.
Do you agree with Collymore’s assessment? – Let us know in the comments.
Still obsessed Stanley with Mcfc !!!! foden was one of Englands major threats when given the ball but unlike pep Gareth gives foden no freedom ,please Stanley retire from being so called pundit/ journalist as pep said Stanley WHO
Does anyone actually care what Stan (woman beater) Collymore’s opinion is…??? I mean, really…!!!
The guy is a prick the nations opinion.
We known were you coming from you didn’t mention Harry the penalty miser,and you are pointing at fodan because you are Liverpool and fodan is man city
Oh dear silly Stan strikes again, Stanley hasn’t got a jar about football’s tactics give foden the service and the whole team will benefit , starve him of service like playing Henderson to supply him we’re in trouble ball to feet quick to foden and foden opens the whole game like happens at Mcfc Pep sees it we see it but Stanley and Jordan h don’t says it all ps their scouse not English their fans words says it all
How can Foden shine when marked so tightly and no creativity in midfield capable of getting him in the game more. Bellingham great box to box, Rice good defensive midfielder. Henderson ????
Collymore has the intelligence of a prehistoric rock like very other Liverpool fanboy, Neanderthals. Any website that uses Collymore is just looking for a reaction, clickbait because they are incapable of providing anything worthy of being named good journalism.
Typical Collymore. Any chance to have a pop at a Man City player or the Club. I think any neutral would say Foden got no service in the first half and in the second when he did he made things happen. In my opinion he is a disgrace to football commentary. He only gets published because of his patently outlandish comments.
You really are a sad horrible person Collymore and so predictable, how you hate the fact tgat City are the best prem team ever. Your Jealouse bile is so obvious
Try winning something in your useless carrer you Moron 😂
Stan who? Foden has more skills and ability in his little toe than Mr Coleslaw!
Why does he slag off City so much he not got a good word to say about City so I suggest he shuts his big fat gob and pick on somebody else fool
I dont think he is right because he is a liverpool man i dont blame him
Foden received no service and had lto look for the ball,Collymore is a moron.
Is this guy serious? What game was he watching? A complete idiot.
Well, Stan Colymore, a man who has fallen on hard times as football pundit.
Lost his gig on US radio, and has been in the doldrums ever since.
So, if nobody is listening to you any more, you say something very provocative (albeit stupid) and people start to comment on your ridiculous remarks.
The best thing to do about Colymore and his comments is to just IGNORE him and them.
Maybe then he will eventually just fade away!!!!!
Fakegate put Foden on the left wing A waste. Fakegate cannot be proactive. WC 4 years ago Euro , He never made changes. Rashford, Grealish Trent Arnold too should have been on pitch, Fakegate has the mentality of a PE teacher, no real skills just a FA PR man. Pickford is an average GK , A good GK saves that shot. Fakegate should walk away. I would get big Sam in. If you are not a Fakegate teachers pet you have no chance. These player should do a Roy Keane and walk away from this Fakegate
Stan is right.Foden, for all the hype,did very little, but Grealish and Mount were even worse and Maddison never got a chance.Southgate’s style is a death sentence for creative players.