Gareth Southgate appears to have hinted he does not believe Conor Gallagher and Mason Mount can play in the same midfield, something that could be of note to Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel ahead of next season. The Three Lions duo started alongside Jordan Henderson in the middle of the park in the 2-1 victory at Wembley as Southgate took the chance to assess some of his options ahead of the World Cup in December.
Yet in the opinion of the England boss, the team were left too exposed due to the emphasis of attack in the engine room.
Southgate is now seemingly in doubt over whether the pair can play in the same team or system.
“We feel that Mount and Gallagher are very good at pressing and are two attacking eights,” Southgate told Sky Sports.
“But we know that that system can leave you a bit vulnerable to the switches to the opposite full-back and the Swiss worked that out very well – which is why we made the change of shape in the second half.
“But we had an idea of what we wanted to do, and although we would have liked to have Bukayo Saka and a couple of the other wing-backs to look at that, I still think it was worth seeing.”
