Netherlands 3-1 England: 5 Talking Points & Tactical Analysis

#2 England their own worst enemy, individual mistakes costly

Stones dithered in possession and gifted Netherlands the lead in stoppage-time, before Barkley did the same

Gareth Southgate was defiant post-match, insisting that England's pass-out-of-defence philosophy will continue to stick despite the individual mistakes which saw them exposed on this occasion. Brave some might say, but it makes sense as that's how their best passages of play originated.

With that being said, he has more of a selection headache than he's probably letting on within his backline to decide upon. If not for Jordan Pickford and his reflexes, the scoreline could've been ugly. Leicester fullback Ben Chilwell was the best of their four-man defence, which doesn't come as much of a surprise with Manchester City monitoring the 22-year-old's progress.

Kyle Walker (29), Chilwell's club teammate Harry Maguire (26) and John Stones (25) should all know better though. Between the trio, they have 101 international caps but didn't exude much confidence with their passing nor comfortability in possession against the Dutch - who sensed as much from the offset.

Stones will earn plenty of criticism and justifiably so, after dithering and gifting Memphis Depay the ball in extra-time. Memphis couldn't believe his luck and despite Pickford's initial save, Promes' effort was inadvertently bundled home by Walker into his own net.

Walker almost fell victim to the same thing early on, but for Pickford to rescue him after attempting to dribble out of defence and getting the ball stuck between his legs. Both players were outjumped by de Ligt for his equaliser, while Maguire too was very nervy at times and the only defender on either side not to complete a tackle in 120 minutes.

Joe Gomez, Michael Keane and a number of England's other defenders waiting patiently for their chance centre-stage will be licking their lips after yet another unconvincing display against credible opposition.