Damien Delaney

I just felt that Croatia were very, very good at closing down.

They were right in England midfield players' faces and they couldn't really get their heads up.

And I...

They applied enough pressure and they were very, very good at stifling England and hurrying them.

Anthony Barry said at half-time, we seem to be playing short when we should go long, we seem to be playing long when we should go short.

I think that was as a result of the pressure the Croatian were getting on them, that they were having to hurry things and they weren't maybe sure.

There was a blind pass and the three at the back were the outside centre-backs, the left-side centre-back and the right-side centre-back.

were holding their ground.

Whereas before, if you're playing with a back four, you're asking maybe the full-backs to go in and you create those big holes for those wide players to run into.

But they clogged up those spaces very well.

And lo and behold, the first minute of the second half, ball comes square into Elliot Anderson.

He whips one blind around the corner and there's two runners.

It was Bellingham and Nani Maduaki.

He made the exact same run.

And all of a sudden, the left-side centre-back then just gets overwhelmed.

He doesn't know which one to go to.

You know, and I felt that, you know, obviously Kane going short, you want Bellingham running in behind as well.

And I think that that's exactly what Tuchel said at halftime.

We did.

He's an interesting character because there seems to be a narrative around him that he's a certain way.