Players must share blame for poor performances – Foden

 Phil
Foden
wants
England’s
play­ers
to
take
responsibility
as
they
aim
to
discover
their
best
form
at
Euro
2024.

England
have
limped
through
the
tournament
so
far,
and
looked
to
be
heading
out
in
the
last
16
until
Jude
Bellingham’s
last-gasp
overhead
kick
against
Slovakia.

The
Three
Lions
turned
things
around
in
extra
time,
with
Harry
Kane
heading
in
the
winner,
but
the
level
of
their
displays
continues
to
be
under­whelming.

Gareth
Southgate,
who
will
manage
his
100th
match
in
charge
of
England
when
they
take
on
Switzerland
on
Saturday,
has
taken
much
of
the
criti­cism,
but
Foden
says
the
players
must
shoulder
responsibility.

“The
players
have
got
to
take
some
of
the
blame,”
Foden
said.

“There
has
to
be
some
leaders
to
get
together
and
find
out
a
solution
to
why
it
is
not
working.

“There
is
only
so
much
the
manager
can
do.
He
sets
you
up
in
a
system
and
tells
you
how
to
press.
If
it
is
not
going
like
that,
you
have
to
work
it
out.

“I
feel
sorry
for
Gareth.
In
training,
he
has
been
telling
us
to
press
and
be
high
up
on
the
pitch
and
I
feel
like
sometimes,
it
has
to
come
from
the
players.

“We
have
to
be
leaders.
In
games
we
could
have
got
together
a
little
bit
more
and
worked
out
a
solution.

“So
yes,
we
have
spoken
about
it
more.
If
it
happens
again
in
a
game,
we
can
get
together
and
find
a
solu­tion,
see
where
it
is
going
wrong
and
adapt
our
press.”

Southgate
will
be
just
the
third
manager
to
hit
the
100
milestone
in
charge
of
England.
Walter
Winterbot­tom
drew
his
100th
match
(3-3
against
Northern
Ireland
in
1958),
while
Alf
Ramsey
won
his
1-0
against
Wales
in
1972.

England
have
now
reached
the
quarter-final
in
all
four
of
their
major
tournaments
under
Southgate,
the
first
time
they
have
ever
reached
the
last
eight
at
four
consecutive
Euros/
World
Cups.

They
have
progressed
from
two
of
their
four
Euro
quarter-final
matches,
with
three
of
the
four
such
games
be­ing
decided
on
penalties.-.sportsmax