{"id":297616,"date":"2023-11-19T01:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T01:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=297616"},"modified":"2023-11-19T01:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T01:24:41","slug":"the-sharpe-end-englands-drab-performance-against-malta-bores-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/the-sharpe-end-englands-drab-performance-against-malta-bores-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SHARPE END: England&apos;s drab performance against Malta bores fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>THE SHARPE END: England&#8217;s drab performance against Malta bores fans into making paper planes and Trent Alexander-Arnold shines<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gareth Southgate&#8217;s 90th game in charge was against the same team as his debut<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>England bored fans with a poor performance, but still came away with a 2-0 win<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was supposed to be the game that showed how far England had come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate\u2019s 90th game in charge, against the same opponents and inside the same stadium as his first in October 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Back then it was a front line of Jesse Lingard, Daniel Sturridge and Theo Walcott that faced Malta, with a 30-year-old Wayne Rooney\u00a0in midfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, they\u2019re European finalists, World Cup semi-finalists with a squad that boasts some of the most exciting talent in world football.<\/p>\n<p>Yet while both, in the end, finished 2-0 to England, this was a performance so flat that fans entertained themselves making paper planes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/20\/77971965-12765915-image-a-1_1700340793471.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate watches on as his England side manage to get past Malta 2-0 on Friday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/21\/77971987-12765915-image-m-3_1700343031029.jpg\" height=\"374\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jesse Lingard made up part of the front three Gareth Southgate selected for his debut game in charge<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/22\/77973811-12765915-image-a-18_1700344991048.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Comparison of both of Gareth Southgate&#8217;s games vs Malta<\/p>\n<p>They also greeted the news of six minutes stoppage time with groans that suggested they\u2019d rather not miss the next Tube.<\/p>\n<p>You can hardly blame them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>England made fewer passes than that first game in 2016, created fewer chances, had fewer shots, and did much less in the final third with better players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a team that has, let\u2019s be fair, come a long way under Southgate, they did not show it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/22\/77973939-12765915-image-m-20_1700345044918.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnolds passes during the game vs Malta<\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0No Jude but Trent stars<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was clear how much England missed the injured\u00a0Jude Bellingham: his ability to get on the ball, drive forward, find space, make runs into the box, score goals and set them up.<\/p>\n<p>In his absence, it was Trent Alexander-Arnold\u00a0who dictated play from midfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He does it well for\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0and he did it excellently at Wembley too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet in all the games he\u2019s played in midfield for Southgate, Bellingham has not featured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how Southgate plans to fit both thrilling talents into his midfield.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/22\/77973851-12765915-image-a-6_1700344804986.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold was deployed as a midfielder against Malta by Gareth Southgate<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/22\/77973863-12765915-image-a-7_1700344807413.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham did not feature vs Malta as he has returned to Madrid with a shoulder injury<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and 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