England 2 Belgium 2: Mainoo and Toney shine – but where does this leave Southgate?

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All the big talking points dissected from England's friendly draw against Belgium at Wembley

had enjoyed an almost perfect record at Wembley under Gareth Southgate — until the last four days. But having lost 1-0 to on Saturday, Southgate’s injury-hit side at least managed to avoid another defeat to courtesy of a last-gasp equaliser from , just when it seemed dreadful individual mistakes from and were going to cost them. Advertisement England have two games left before Euro 2024, where Southgate’s talented young squad is widely expected to challenge.

Rather than play a simple square pass in the centre of Belgium’s half, he scanned the pitch, dropped a shoulder, and changed the pace of the game — stabbing a neat ball to Bellingham whose pass to Toney led to England’s equaliser. It was a theme of Mainoo’s evening — brave, penetrative play that looked to get England moving in the right direction.

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