Southgate: 'We know there's another level we have to reach'

Gareth Southgate is looking for improvement from his team at EURO 2024, following their 1-1 draw against Denmark.

The result sees the Three Lions on top of their group with four points and one game left to play, to put them in a strong position to qualify for the knockout stages.

But the England manager admits his team can still step up their performance level.

“It was clearly not what we would have hoped, we are not using the ball well enough and we have to accept if you do that you are going to suffer at times like we have tonight,” said Southgate.

“We know there is another level that we have got to find.

“We have played teams that are quite fluid in back threes, it's not easy to get pressure on them and we need to do that better than we have done in these two matches.

“It has been part of the problem, but not keeping the ball has also been a big part of the problem.”

Southgate made changes in the second half in both midfield and attack as England looked to take a second win in the competition but they couldn’t find a breakthrough.

“We wanted to get Conor [Gallagher] on, we needed some energy, we needed to press better and Conor obviously does that very well,” he explained.

“He’s had some moments where he has delivered what we hoped he would. We are trying some different things and at the moment we are not flowing as we would like.

“There is a huge amount of work [to do]. That is evident from the two performances that we have given.

“We have to stay tight, we understand people will be disappointed with the performances and rightly so. We have got to make them better.”

The Three Lions are back in action on Tuesday 25 June when they face Slovenia in Cologne.