England 0-1 Belgium: 5 Talking Points as Belgium top Group G, World Cup 2018

#1 It's not coming home

England have some work to do.

England are a much better unit, collectively, as any, we have seen for some time. The management style of Gareth Southgate needs to be credited with that being the case. He has managed to galvanize a country who for so long now seem to have resigned to their fate; their inability to get over the winning line.

However, there is a still a long way to go. They are undoubtedly a work in progress and, as was proved on the night, there are a few issues that need to be addressed if they are to last in the competition.

They were unable to restrict the attacking players in the opposition from affecting proceedings, let the game open up way too much, and failed to put away their chances at the other end of the field. They will have to learn to absorb the pressure from the opposition much better than they did and were lucky to not concede more than the one from Januzaj as Belgium hounded them in search of a second to kill the game off.