Manchester United legend Roy Keane has hit out at England star Trent Alexander-Arnold after the 2-1 win against Croatia.
On Thursday night, England edged past Croatia in their latest Nations League group phase match.
The much-changed England side were far from their best, but Morgan Rogers and Harry Kane scored in the 2-1 victory.
Thomas Tuchel’s side had a new-look defence without some injured players, with Alexander-Arnold, Dan Burn, Jarell Quansah and Lewis Hall starting.
England looked shaky on numerous occasions and conceded from a corner with half an hour remaining, with Tuchel’s team caught out as Quansah attempted to head the ball back to Jordan Pickford.
“I’d love to know what he’s thinking…”
Keane thinks Quansah “panicked” at this moment, but he was more critical of Alexander-Arnold.
“You have to look at Trent in these positions,” Keane said on ITV Sport.
“I know Quansah has panicked. But Trent – you talk about smelling danger and people peeling off the back of him. They’re the bits he’s got to improve on.
“He’s walking away from the danger. At his age, it’s like he’ll never learn that side of it.
“I’d love to know what he’s thinking. I don’t understand.”
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He added: “It was tricky game for England because they hammered Croatia recently.
“Croatia were much better, as you’d expect. England had a new centre-half partnership and there was a little bit of panic in the second half with some of their defending.
“But they got the job done.”
Despite this, Tuchel said it was the “perfect evening” for England against Croatia.
“It was a good win. We wanted the win desperately and deserved it,” Tuchel said.
“It was hard work against a good opponent, we took a while to grow into the game but after 15 minutes we did okay and got the goal and got better.
“We got a little sloppy at the end of the first half, didn’t get the second goal and then conceded from a set piece. The showed a good reaction.
“We forgot then to score the third one. Then it became tight and difficult but we got the job done on a special occasion for Harry. A perfect evening.”
He added: “It was demanding for Quansah and Burn.
“As they played with two No.10s and we had to push a lot to defend in a back four against a back five to have pressure. There was a lot of work for them, a lot of communication – they did very well.”
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