Former England captain John Terry believes Marcus Rashford is one of two players that has given Gareth Southgate a ‘problem’ following his brace in the 3-0 win over Wales.
Both Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden were brought into the starting line-up for the first time at the World Cup. They performed well as expected with Rashford scoring a brace and Foden got his name on the scoresheet too.
They replaced Raheem Sterling and Bukayo Saka in the starting line-up and Terry believes Southgate has a selection headache on his hands ahead of the round of 16 tie against Senegal.
Speaking to beIN Sports, Terry said: “It was important that we got fresh players on the pitch, I thought it was better that we made three substitutions at once.
“(Kyle) Walker, who needed the minutes to play. (Harry) Kane comes off and other players go on and Rashford scores two goals.
“Foden starts the game tonight which was a real positive. I said before the tournament that Phil could be a big big player for us in this World Cup and it now causes the manager problems.
“It will be interesting to see his next team when we play against Senegal as the players have given the manager a problem.
“When you’ve got such a good group of players it’s important to know that Harry Kane if you’re not playing well there’s other players that can come in – Rashford could replace you.
“If Phil Foden you’re not playing well you will be replaced. If Mason Mount doesn’t play well you will be replaced.
“When you have that competitiveness within your group it’s great as well as the players feel part of it.”
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