Gareth Southgate has responded to Gary Lineker calling his England team’s performance against Denmark ‘s***’.
“I haven’t heard what he said. I have heard one word. That is the world we are in.
“I am oblivious to it. It is not important to me at all. What is important to me is I have to guide this set of players confidently through the terrain that is the tournament.
“We are a high-profile team and we have expectations and we fully understand everything we do will be scrutinised. I am very comfortable living that life. I don’t need to engage in the external, because I am my own biggest critic and I think our players are as well.
“There is nothing to be gained from us listening to external criticism. We know what we have done well and are very honest about that. We know where we need to improve and we are brutally honest about that. That is how you coach a team and improve performance.
“External noise shouldn’t affect us. Performances are what we need to focus on. Results so far have almost put us into the next round. We are looking to win the group and having a better performance. There are some fundamentals over how we have played over a long time that we need to get back to.”
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