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Jamie Carragher blamed England ‘s 3-1 defeat to the Netherlands on “stupid decisions” and “stupid mistakes”.
John Stones ‘ calamitous error, losing possession on the edge of his own box as he attempted to swivel away from Memphis Depay, led to Kyle Walker scoring an own goal and Ronald Koeman’s side securing their place in the Nations League final.
Later in extra-time, a similar mistake from Ross Barkley allowed the Dutch to score a confirmatory third.
Speaking after the game, Carragher castigated the centre-back’s sloppy play.
“I don’t think we’re taking huge risks at the back,” he said. ”England never took risks tonight. The goals didn’t come from risks and it never came from playing out from the back, it came from stupid decisions.
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final England and Netherlands observe a minute's silence for former UEFA president Lennart Johansson
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Managers embrace at the beginning of the match
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final England captain Raheem Sterling surrounded by Dutch players Frenkie de Jong and Daley Blind
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Jordan Pickford makes a save
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Harry Kane watches on from the bench
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Matthijs de Ligt fouls Marcus Rashford in the penalty area
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final England awarded a penalty Against the run of play on the half hour mark
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Rashford stepped up to take the penalty after drawing the foul
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final The Manchester United striker slotted the ball calmly past Jasper Cillessen
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final England head coach Gareth Southgate and backroom staff on the bench
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Denzel Dumfries clatters into Ben Chilwell
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Ben Chilwell lays on the floor after the foul
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Ben Chilwell in need of treatment
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Jordan Pickford goes in with a high foot on Memphis Depay
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Dumfries tackles Rashford
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Marcus Rashford goes down injured
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Memphis Depay tries a bicycle kick
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Jadon Sancho, unmarked, heads the ball toward goal
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Cillessen saves the shot easily
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Sancho shows his disappointment after the missed chance
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Harry Kane was bought on for injured Rashford
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Jesse Lingard substituted on for Sancho
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Koeman controls the ball on the touchine
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Harry Kane fouls Daley Blind and is awarded a yellow card
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final De Ligt rise beats Kyle Walker and John Stones to head the ball
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final The 19-year-old celebrates scoring the equaliser
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Matthijs de Ligt celebrates with teammates after scoring
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final England players appear dejected after Netherlands equalised
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Ross Barkley sets up Jesse Lingard on goal
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Lingard slots past Cillessen
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Southgate gives instructions to Jordan Henderson, who came on for Fabian Delph, before the start of extra time
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Memphis Depay takes the ball off John Stones and goes on to shoot
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Quincy Promes scores Netherlands' third
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final Promes celebrates scoring with Depay who set him up
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England vs Netherlands: Nations League semi-final England captains on the night react after they lost the match 3-1
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“John Stones is facing his goalkeeper and he is passing it – he doesn’t have to go long. It’s stupid. That’s got nothing to do with going long. He’s made a stupid mistake and a stupid decision to turn on it and try and be clever.”
Gary Neville and Jamie Redknapp both insisted the mistakes were a result of England being overrun in a midfield masterfully conducted by Dutch Barcelona-bound Frenkie de Jong.
“Those errors have been coming all night,” Neville said. ”The midfield just didn’t look competent against a really good midfield.
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“England will need to improve. Gareth Southgate will have to think about whether he goes to a back-three.
“That back-four…I’m not sure it will be good enough against a top team.”
Redknapp added: “The major problem was the midfield. We can talk about playing out of the back but you need to have players in midfield who can take the ball in tight areas.
“We still struggle to retain the ball.”
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