England manager Roy Hodgson has quit after England suffered a humiliating 2-1 loss to Iceland and crashed out of the European Championship in the last 16.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring from the spot inside five minutes, but they were pegged back seconds later by Gylfi Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, and rarely threatened to pull level as they drifted towards a damaging loss.
The result provoked a plethora of comments from celebrities and former players on social media.
Former England and Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) wrote: "We'll be better against the top teams! Jesus.....any pressure at the back we concede, against a team with 300k living there!"
Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) had a cheeky dig: "Don't worry, if we lose I have a petition ready to play the game again."
Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (@kschmeichel1) was amazed with a perceived lack of effort and commitment from the England players. He tweeted: "Come on England!!! You're behind!! Do something! Run around!! Tackle someone!!! Anything!!!"
He added: "Fair play to Iceland!!! 100 per cent fully deserved!!"
Former England international Rodney Marsh (@RodneyMarsh10) added: "England completely devoid of improvisation - Looking slow, labored & knackered"
Match of the Day presenter and former England striker Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) wrote: "The worst defeat in our history. England beaten by a country with more volcanoes than professional footballers. Well played Iceland."
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