TYRONE MINGS admits England suffered from a lack of 'intensity' as they were held to a goalless draw by Scotland at Wembley.
Steve Clarke's side bounced back from their opening day defeat to the Czech Republic with an inspired performance against the Auld Enemy to give themselves a chance of reaching the knockout rounds this summer.
Scotland now head into their matchday three clash at home to Croatia with their sights set on a place in the next round as England attempt to top Group D during their home tie with the Czechs.
It was to prove a frustrating night for the Three Lions as Scotland stifled their attacking threats and Clarke's side could have won it as a couple of chances fell their way at Wembley.
And Aston Villa stopper Mings would rue the performance from Gareth Southgate's side as attentions now turn to the final fixture in the section next week.
Mings said: "Disappointing of course because we know we can play better. The important thing for us as defender and as a team going forward into the tournament, we kept another clean sheet which is a positive.
"The intensity from back to front [was missing]. I don't think they wanted it more than us but we were not fluid and dynamic as wanted to be.
"It was a great occasion and we wanted to win the game, the atmosphere was incredible but we take a point and a step closer to qualification which is our goal.
"There were only 20,000 in and it is a shame we could not get a win for the fans.
"It leaves us with four points and we know we might have enough. We want to win the game on Tuesday against the Czech Republic.
"John McGinn is an annoying player to play against, a great player and we should have done more tonight."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel