Gareth Southgate Explains Picking Saka Over Sancho

Bukayo Saka was a star figure once again for England on Wednesday night.

The Arsenal winger started, replacing Jadon Sancho on the right flank against Denmark.

Saka played the final ball which helped England equalise, hitting Simon Kjaer and rolling into the box as an own goal. He drove at the Danish defenders and created quite a few problems for them before being substituted at the hour mark.

Explaining his decision Southtage told ITV: “What he’s done in the previous matches, he’s really embraced that challenge.

“We were very pleased with Jadon at the weekend.

“Everybody knows we’ve got fantastic options in those areas but we felt for the balance of tonight that Bukayo is the right choice.”

Jadon Sancho is held in higher regard by fans and quite rightfully so. He has put up outstanding numbers over the past three seasons at Borussia Dortmund. But Saka has not been not too far behind in his development.

He won Arsenal‘s player of the season award and has impressed everytime Gareth Southgate decided to put his faith in him.