England Supporters Club

Cahill: We should have beat Germany

Posted by Team England at 10:41 on Wednesday 01 March 2017

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Ahead of the match, Gary Cahill has said England must be more clinical in front of goal.

Cahill, who captained England during the Germany match in Dortmund, said: “We had the better chances, it’s as simple as that. I think we’ll look back and reflect that if we take our chances we win that game.

“It’s a learning curve for us, if we’re a little bit more clinical in front of goal. We played well today, especially [in] the first half. We controlled the game really well. We take our chances and we win.

“We had to work hard and produce a performance with a bit of quality and I felt we did that for large periods of the game.”

Cahill lined up in a back three, to the left of Chris Smalling and Keane. It was the first time an England team had started with a back three in a decade and the Chelsea defender said his team-mates need time to adapt to a new system.

He added: “We have to be patient. We’ve gone into that formation for the first time.

“The lads played on Saturday and Sunday, we had a cool down [on Monday], so we’ve had one day where everyone’s been out on the training pitch.

“It’s difficult to put [the team] in a new formation and everyone grasp it straight away.

“That being said, there are a lot of positives to take.”

England are in action again on Sunday when they entertain Lithuania in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley.

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