What’s Hot and What’s Not as England throw away two-goal lead against Spain

NOT – John Stones

There are still concerns in many quarters about John Stones overplaying it at the back.

He was picked up on it several times against Scotland on Friday night and, although there were more instances of him clearing his lines against Spain, there were still a few occasions where he tried to do too much.

He fired a pass towards Eric Dier during the first-half that almost resulted in a Spanish opening and, although he got away with it this time, he might not next time.

As much as Southgate is rightly encouraging Stones to play this way, he needs to be more aware of when and when not to play that way.