England vs Hungary

England are in need of a win to keep their UEFA Nations League campaign alive. Follow the latest updates and highlights from their match with Hungary.

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Gareth Southgate's England woes went from bad to worse with a humiliating 4-0 defeat at home to Hungary – their worst of the modern era. Despite his side ...

He was rooted as Hungary broke and bypassed him for 4-0. Harry Maguire: An 85th minute sub for Saka, Maguire was brought on to make sure the result did not get any worse. Kalvin Phillips: Phillips struggled to transition the ball at pace – a real contributor to the failure to create. He switched to the right after half-time and played more as a wing-back, again doing well, but conceding four means he can merit no more than a five. Again they broke against a sloppy home defence that failed to pick up their men, and again they took advantage as Zsolt Nagy drilled home. Booed off at half-time, England subbed Raheem Sterling on for Jarrod Bowen and switched to a wing-back system in the hope of stretching their opponents more.

Get a report of the England vs. Hungary 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage football match.

It's not realistic to have had the ride I've had for five years and not have bad nights, difficult night." "I know great people like Sir Bobby Robson, what he had to go through and how he was viewed in the end on getting the team to a World Cup semi-final. But that's life as a football manager, you're never going to have six years like we've had and not have bad nights. England remain winless and bottom of their Nations League group with two points from four games, including a 1-0 defeat to Hungary in the reverse fixture earlier this month. "The irony is that the pressure we've had and the reputational comments have come in the two Nations League campaigns and in neither campaign have we been anywhere near able to pick our strongest teams for the games. England's misery was compounded in the final 10 minutes as Zsolt Nagy and Daniel Gazdag scored further goals and John Stones was shown a second yellow card to make it one of the worst nights of Gareth Southgate's reign.

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Also in League A, Belgium’s 1-0 win over Poland in Group 4 was more restrained than its 6-1 thrashing of the same opposition last week. Sallai made it 2-0 in the 70th minute before Zsolt Nagy fired in a shot from the edge of the box for 3-0. Italy, still trying to recover from failing to qualify for the World Cup three months ago, was swept aside by Germany and was 5-0 down before scoring two late consolation goals. “In the end (of Tuesday’s game), you’re pushing and you’ve got so many attacking players on that we’ve left ourselves wide open. Hungary had been clinging on to a 1-0 lead from Roland Sallai’s early goal for much of the match, before England fell apart in the latter stages. Hungary was punished by UEFA and FIFA for racist incidents in games last year, including one in which England players were abused.

Gareth Southgate's men were thumped 4-0 against Hungary in their Nations League clash - did any player come out of the game with credit?

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