World Cup 2018: 3 reasons why Croatia beat England

#3 Croatia capitalise on England's lapse in concentration

England were caught out the back and Croatia made a meal of it

The Croats were caught out at the back a few times in the first-half and were lucky to have been only one down at the break.

Harry Kane missed the most glorious chance of the period when he shot against the post from near the byline with Subasic beaten, a little more composure in the moment could've scripted a different tale.

But when The Blazers were handed such chances, they took it with elan. Their dominance began to show when they came close on numerous occasions after the interval, and it was Pickford's brilliance that pushed things out of harm's way.

But he could do nothing when Perisic beat Walker for the equaliser. The Manchester City star didn't track Perisic's run from behind and rather than trying to stick his feet out and slam it away, thrust himself in the air in a meek attempt to head the ball. The Inter Milan hitman stole clear of him in that moment and killed the move.

However, the worse was to come in the second period of extra time when English back-line switched off again and Mandzukic sounded the death knell. Perisic headed the ball back into the box and Mandzukic raced clear of his markers to shoot from close range.

Walker was found out as he was a step or two ahead of his position while Stones was a second too late to react. Before the English defense could react, the Juventus star had already done the damage.