Harry Maguire blunders are a warning to England – right now he is not up to it

For Maguire, these moments are increasingly a mismatch. He stepped out to face this danger, standing front on, feet planted, like a wardrobe left at the turn in the stairs
Harry Maguire blunders are a warning to England – right now he is not up to it

CLUMSY: England's Harry Maguire fouls Germany's Jamal Musiala to concede a penalty during the UEFA Nations League match at Wembley Stadium, London. Pic: Nick Potts/PA Wire

We will meet again: at the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha in eight weeks’ time as a matter of fact. In the meantime, if this really is to be a final trip to Wembley for Gareth Southgate as England manager then it was at least a fun, loose, slightly wild Nations League dead rubber 3-3 draw, a match that sprung up off the gurney in the most unexpected fashion.

At times in the first half at Wembley it felt as though 79,000 people had accidentally wandered into the same stadium and were now stoically seeing it out. For 49 minutes almost nothing happened. Then suddenly everything happened, all the things, a kind of tantrum of football.

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