think that’s what was missing tonight, the real killer pass to open them up
Lee Dixon on England
“I’m sure he’ll analyse it all,” Dixon said on ITV of Gareth Southgate.
“There were lots of positives throughout the tournament.
“The one thing we said throughout was ‘do we have that passer of the ball in midfield who can open up teams when it’s really tight?’.
“And I think that’s what was missing tonight, the real killer pass to open them up.
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Dixon says England were missing a creative player against Croatia (Image: ITV)
“It’s easy to analyse it now and it would be wrong actually to analyse it now.
“This is the time for them to spend their time with the fans, who they’ve completely turned in their favour and everybody’s behind them.
“Semi-final before the tournament started, we would have said ‘absolutely’.”