England kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 2-1 win over Tunisia on Monday, but it appears Gareth Southgate should be worried defence. The England manager has opted to go with three at the back at Russia 2018, with Man City’s John Stones flanked by club-mate Kyle Walker and Leicester City’s Harry Maguire in their opening Group G game. Despite Walker conceding a soft penalty against Tunisia, England’s back line have been hard to breach in recent games, although football pundit, Andy Dunn is not convinced by what he has seen.
“England’s defence is amazing really. If you look at the record, the team has now conceded three goals in the last nine games, including friendlies. And yet I still look at those three, and the system Gareth is playing, and I honestly think they are learning as they go along. In the cold light of day, you have a player like Kyle Walker, who by his own admission is not comfortable playing in the right of a three. John Stones has had a tough second half to the season with Man City confidence-wise. And Harry Maguire, who is very much an international rookie. And I thought they did OK on [Monday] night, but positional wise, how many times was Maguire caught out? I thought he was all over the place at one point,” Dunn said.