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Graeme Souness reveled in Scotland’s 0-0 draw with England at Euro 2020 and warned Three Lions football fans not to come home after the standoff at Wembley.
The Auld Enemy couldn’t be separated at home from football, with Harry Kane shooting another white and replaced by Marcus Rashford midway through the second half.
Gareth Southgates’ side left the pitch to get booed full time and former Scottish midfielder Souness stuck the boot as an expert on ITV.
Harry Kane, center, has been substituted for the second game in a row (Mike Egerton / PA)
He said: Harry is an English player who has consistently scored goals at this level. If that doesn’t happen in this competition, you won’t get very far.
Going back to the World Cup in Russia, his goals got you where you ended up and Harry Kane not playing is a major problem for you. Football doesn’t come home with that, not the way they play.
England struggled to create chances throughout, but it was always a surprise to see Kane kidnapped by Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate in the 74th minute of the Group D meeting.
Souness added: Harry doesn’t look at himself, he looks jaded, he looks tired and he’s a guy looking to take a big step forward this summer.
He needs to wake up. He came out in the first game, is he wearing something? He looks like the shadow of himself.
Harry Kane, right, is ousted by Scots John McGinn, center, and Scott McTominay (Nick Potts / PA)
His colleague Roy Keane echoed Souness and wondered whether speculation about the England captain, who wants to leave Tottenham this summer in search of trophies, has affected his performance.
Before the competition everyone was talking that he could leave Spurs and maybe he was distracted by it because it can be an energy sapper if you think you are moving a club or are in. talks with other clubs that are not helpful, the ex-Republic said the Ireland captain.
If England are serious about this competition, you need your star men to perform.
We’ve seen Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne, Cristiano Ronaldo, they need Kane at his best and I’m glad Gareth took him off.
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There’s this talk about being unfazed, he’s the main man, if he’s not performing, you bring him out.
Ian Wright questioned Southgates’ replacements, particularly the decision to remove Phil Foden.
The 57-year-old, who has scored nine goals in 33 appearances for England, admitted: The substitutions confuse me. I don’t know what to think about it.
Why did he kidnap Foden? There’s no way Phil Foden will leave the field today for me. It is very disappointing to see.
You’ve got someone like Jadon Sancho on the bench, 16 goals and 20 assists this season, and he doesn’t even step in when we have to create.
We can talk about Harry Kane and the chances he might have had or the touches he didn’t, but have we really created enough? Were supposed to be the favorites to win this tournament and I was embarrassed for us today.
Gary Neville wondered if the opportunity was too big for England’s youngest team of all time at a major tournament.
It was a very poor performance, a huge disappointment, underpinned by a poor physical level, said the former Three Lions full-back.
Is it too big for them in terms of expectation? A few of these guys, it’s probably the biggest game they’ve played, all the media that came before the game, sometimes it can just mentally take it away from you.
It was such a lackluster display in such a big game.
Former Scotland captain Scott Brown, serving on the pitch alongside Neville, added: Scotland worked hard for each other as a suitable team and they frustrated England.
England looked leggy, they struggled to break through the lines but it was because of Steve Clarkes’ training he got his tactics on the spot.
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