‘Almost like Man City’: Gary Lineker shares one thing he noticed about England in Slovenia draw

England picked up another draw in their third and final game of the group stage of this summer’s European Championship.

After beating Serbia 1-0 and then drawing 1-1 against Denmark, the Three Lions, who were already through to the knockout stage, failed to beat Slovenia on Tuesday night, settling for a 0-0 draw.

With Manchester City having three members of their squad in the England camp, Phil Foden, John Stones and Kyle Walker have started all three matches in Germany.

Now that the group stage is over, one pundit and former England international has highlighted one thing he noticed about what Gareth Southgate’s side did against Slovenia that reminded him of City and how they play.

Gary Lineker says England did something against Slovenia that reminded him of City

While assessing England’s latest match in this summer’s tournament on a recent episode of The Rest Is Football, Lineker had this to say about what he saw from England that reminded him of City.

He said: “I thought there was a spell in the second half for about 15 minutes where they pressed really high and they kept winning the ball back.

“They kept winning the ball back. It was almost like Man City, but it was only for 10, 15 minutes. That for me is the way you should play.”

England wish they played like City

Against Slovenia, England had 73% possession but could only register four shots on target from 12 attempts at goal across the 90 minutes.

In regards to Lineker’s comparison to City in terms of how the Three Lions pressed high and won the ball back, Pep Guardiola’s side racked up the joint-third-highest total of tackles won in the attacking third of the pitch (113) in the Premier League last season.

This highlights how effective the Blues are in terms of pressing high up the pitch and taking the ball off their opponents and why Lineker, who said back in May he thinks Guardiola is a better manager than Jurgen Klopp, made this particular comparison.

However, with City having the highest rate of goal-creating actions per 90 minutes (4.45) in the top-flight last season, this shows that, unlike England at the Euros, Guardiola’s side are capable of creating chances and putting the ball in the back of the net.