Gareth Southgate pleased about Saka’s England selection

Bukayo Saka produced a standout performance against the Czech Republic.

The 19-year old England winger picked up the UEFA Star of the Match award for his outstanding performance against the Czech Republic.

Gareth Southgate was pleased with his selection and praised Saka as a ‘totally reliable player’.

Southgate told TalkSPORT: “We had a really good feeling about Bukayo since the first day he trained with us in this period. In every period he’s been with us he’s impressed us.

“He’s a totally reliable player, for a young player it’s an exceptional quality. His ability to receive under pressure was really important to get us through the thirds of the pitch.

“He did that for the run for the goal. Super cross from Jack and great to see Raheem scoring again.

“I thought Bukayo was the real standout performance.

“We played him in the position we did, partly because of his work off the ball is so good. His angles of approach are good. I know his club have worked a lot with him on that.

“It speaks volumes that his club have trusted him for the number of games they have when it was difficult for them.

“Given we were defending more in a 4-4-2, you need your wingers to do a good job and him and Raheem did.

“His ability to go inside and outside, because he’s equally comfortable on either foot, I thought it was a really promising performance from him.”

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