Gareth Southgate praises Arsenal man’s performance for England against Belgium

Gareth Southgate has praised Arsenal starlet Bukayo Saka’s latest performance in England's defeat to Belgium. The Three Lions failed to qualify for the Nations League finals after facing a 2-0 defeat to Belgium on Sunday evening. However, Saka has played a key role, coming on after just 38 minutes in place of the injured Ben Chilwell. And speaking about the youngster's display, Southgate said: "I’m so impressed with the performance of the players. "We’ve learned a lot about a lot of players, not only their ability, but their mentality. "There were several players who it’s the very early stages of their international careers, who were excellent. "Jack [Grealish] is the obvious one, his performance was outstanding, but I also thought Bukayo as well. "Coming into a game like that as a very young player, against an experienced player like [Thomas] Meunier. "He had an excellent game on the left when he came into it. "Tyrone [Mings] as well, that’s a level up from the games he’s been in with us before. "But also some other experienced players who played very well. "So I take a lot of positives from it, although obviously we don’t want to lose football matches."

Source: Metro UK

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