England 0 - 2 Chile

It was a bad night for the Three Lions. What a contrast from a month ago when qualification was secured for the World Cup in Rio. What should of been an opportunity for players to stake a claim on the plane to Rio, was a poor performance from Roy Hodgson's men.

2 Goals from Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez left the England team to suffer a roar of boos at the final whistle. The South American outfit played well, unlike the boys in white who failed to create much throughout the 90 minutes. 

Barcelona's Sanchez celebrates goal.

“Fans don’t accept defeats or want them,”  “We don’t want them either. I’ll not criticise our fans. “They were very unhappy, sad a good run has come to an end. They’re entitled to show their frustration" said the England boss.

“It’s important you don’t beat yourself up too much. We will try to do a better job and send our fans home happy. It’s not all doom and gloom. It’s how you deal with defeats and we’ll retain a sense of perspective".

“It’s important that, having been knocked down, they picked themselves up again. Big game on Tuesday. We need to play better if we’re going to beat top teams like Chile and Germany but I’d be unhappy if they beat themselves up too much."

"We need to keep a balance on the whole thing.”

The England boss points out lessons to be learnt from the disappointing loss to the latin opposition. 

“We learnt a lot about South American opposition, how good they are at sucking you towards their goalkeeper who manages to ping 40-50 yard balls on to people’s toes,” 

“That was probably the best passing display from a goalkeeper I’ve ever seen. They were the better team.” said Roy.

 On the subject of his three new dubutants, Southampton duo, Jay Rodriguez and Adam Lallana, and Celtic's Frazor Forster. Hodgson said "Forster didn’t have many saves. He was chanceless with both of the goals.

"Lallana did well. Rodriguez worked hard, did all the right things, but it was a big ask for him to play in that position. His opportunity came a bit earlier than he’d have liked, and against opposition a bit stronger than he’d have liked.”

Verteran and Chelsea legend Frank Lampard spoke after the defeat. “We didn’t need a reality check, we know that we are not on the moon and we are not terrible, we’re somewhere in the middle,” he said.

Manchester United's Phil Jones who suffered a groin injury after 57 minutes is to have a scan on the weekend. Rickie Lambert and Liverpool hitman Daniel Sturridge will also be assessed.

Roy Hodgson and the rest of the Three Lions will be hoping for a much better performance against Germany on Tuesday.