‘Should have started’ – England fans praise Man City star after USA stalemate

Although England produced a lacklustre performance against the US on Friday evening, football fans praised Jack Grealish’s impact after he came off the bench in the second half.

Gareth Southgate’s men failed to live up to intensified expectations after their opening 6-2 thrashing of Iran by playing out a drab goalless draw at the Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor.

The point sees England remain top of Group B with four points and on course to qualify for the knock-out stages, but the performance left a lot to be desired.

However, during the game, fans praised Grealish’s impact, and many thought he should have been brought on earlier in the contest.

Posting on Twitter, one fan wrote: “No Foden or Trent, Grealish should have been on from the start, and our 2 best players subbed off early. No desire to press, or win for that matter.”

Another wrote: “They should’ve had rashford and Grealish on earlier tbh.”

Another fan said: “Phil Foden and Jack Grealish play amongst the best players in the world week in week out and we are giving one of them 20 mins and the other no time, absolute joke.”

One supporter said: “They were all poor for me, not including the subs. Grealish made an impact but it was to little to late.”

One fan wrote: “Grealish and Foden have to be getting more minutes in this side. Oh, and if it wasn’t for Maguire, we could’ve lost!”