Hodgson plays cool as Montenegro talk tough

England head coach Roy Hodgson last night refused to be drawn into mind games with Montenegro counterpart Branko Brnovic and wants his team do their talking on the pitch in tonight’s World Cup qualifier in Podgorica.

Brnovic accused England of being a long-ball team, being scared of the fixture, having a weak defence and being arrogant by pencilling in friendlies for next November’s play-off dates.

But Hodgson has all his focus on trying to pull off the victory which would see England wrestle top spot in the Group H away from their opponents, who currently hold a two-point advantage.