World Cup 2018: 3 reasons why England lost to Belgium

#2 England started playing football far too late

Eric Dier's brilliant effort was cleared off the line by Toby Alderweireld

The Englishmen struggled to create anything of note for the first hour of the game with Harry Kane's scuffed effort being their only notable creative moment. But with the introduction of the mobile Lingard and the electric Marcus Rashford, England looked more threatening than they did for the majority of the game.

For all the goals he has scored in this World Cup, Harry Kane hasn't really lived up to the hype. Don't pelt me. Just look at the goals he scored. Today, he looked off his game once again. He looked hesitant to make those decisive runs into the danger areas when the wingers were trying to whip in crosses from either side.

Once they started playing good attacking football, it was too late and as a result, England had to commit more bodies forward and this ultimately led to Hazard scoring in the 80th minute.