Lee Carsley insisted his England gamers “should take all the credit score” after successful his debut match as England supervisor.
Interim boss Carsley oversaw a 2-0 victory over the Republic of Eire of their Nations League fixture on the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
It marked the primary time Eire have misplaced a house match towards England since Could 1964.
The previous England Below-21s supervisor, nonetheless, was eager to credit score his gamers after first-half targets from Jack Grealish and Declan Rice noticed England over the road.
“The lads should take lots of credit score, all the credit score. I believe we’ve confirmed we’ve acquired some actual expertise and we might be actually happy with the clear sheet as properly,” he instructed ITV.
“I assumed it was good in components. You’ve seen among the issues we’ve tried to do.”
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Carsley, who represented Eire as a participant, was vindicated in recalling Grealish after his omission from the Euros squad in the summertime because the Manchester Metropolis playmaker doubled the lead within the twenty sixth minute.
“I assumed they [Rice and Grealish] took their targets very well. Rather well-worked strikes and good finishes. I believe, shifting ahead, they’ll each add much more targets to their sport,” he mentioned.
“Jack positively doesn’t have something to show to us, we will see his high quality, however immediately could have completed him the world of excellent, getting one other aim for England and hopefully he can proceed that type.”
The brand new England supervisor additionally opted to begin Anthony Gordon on the left wing after the Newcastle United winger had struggled for minutes on the pitch below Gareth Southgate at Euro 2024.
“On a extremely dry sticky pitch, it’s not ultimate for dribblers however I assumed Anthony was an actual risk. He’s carried on his type from final season and he seems to be a extremely harmful participant,” enthused Carsley of Gordon, who acquired all three of his photographs on course and performed two key passes.
The supervisor performed his half in ending Eire’s four-game unbeaten run towards the Three Lions on house soil (W1 D3), although England may have made their dominance pay extra.
“I believe you’ve acquired to present Eire credit score as properly, they’re very resilient, they closed the gaps and our house possibly turned a bit wider [in the second half],” mirrored Carsley.
“We discovered it a bit bit tougher to get by means of them however at 2-0 we had been fairly snug.”
