How did the players fare in England’s 1-0 victory over Serbia?


ENGLAND (4-2-3-1):

7 Pickford: Didn’t have a lot to do for most of the night, but made a crucial late save from Vlahovic’s long-range effort

8 Walker: Always looked in control defensively and produced a brilliant slide-rule pass to help set up Bellingham’s winner

7 Stones: Dealt with everything Serbia were able to throw at him – tougher tests no doubt await

8 Guehi: His first game at a major tournament couldn’t have gone much better – made some excellent interceptions and used the ball well

7 Trippier: The switch of position to left-back wasn’t a problem – survived a late injury scare when he went down

7 Rice: Always seemed to be in the right place for England at the base of midfield – shut down Serbia’s attacks

6 Alexander-Arnold: Still feels like a bit of a square peg in a round hole at the heart of midfield, but looked okay alongside Rice

8 Saka: Caused a succession of problems down the England right in the first half and provided the cross for Bellingham’s goal

8 BELLINGHAM: Ran the game in the first half and settled things with his first-half header – has the potential to be the star of the tournament

6 Foden: Never really looks comfortable playing off the left-hand side – another England game where he didn’t really hit the heights, with Gordon putting his place under threat

7 Kane: Only touched the ball twice in the first half, but still would have finished with a goal had Rajkovic not pushed his header onto the bar


Subs:

6 Gallagher (for Alexander-Arnold, 69): Helped neuter the Serbian midfield in the closing stages of the game

Bowen (for Saka, 75)

Mainoo (for Bellingham, 86)

(not used): Ramsdale (gk), Henderson (gk), Dunk, Gomez, Konsa, Shaw, Eze, Wharton, Gordon, Palmer, Toney, Watkins.


SERBIA (3-4-1-2):

Rajkovic 6; Pavlovic 5, Milenkovic 5, Veljkovic 4; Kostic 4 (Mladenovic 43, 5), Gudelj 4 (Ilic 46, 5), Lukic 5 (Jovic 61, 5), Zivkovic 5 (Birmancevic 74); S Milinkovic-Savic 5; VLAHOVIC 6, Mitrovic 5 (Tadic 61, 5).

Subs (not used): Petrovic (gk), V Milinkovic-Savic (gk), Babic, Gacinovic, Maksimovic, Mijailovic, Petrovic, Ratkov, Samardzic, Spajic, Stojic.


Man Of The Match: JUDE BELLINGHAM – Showed why he is being tipped to be one of the stars of the tournament.