Football pundit Roy Keane slammed England right-back Kyle Walker after the Three Lions’ 3-1 loss to Senegal in a friendly fixture on Tuesday, June 10. He felt the Manchester City defender was lazy in tracking back, leading to the visiting side’s equalizer at the City Ground.
England went 1-0 up thanks to Harry Kane and were heading towards halftime with the lead intact. But Chelsea‘s Nicolas Jackson chased a longball and made an excellent effort to put the ball into the danger zone for Senegal. Walker was caught out of position and Ismaila Sarr managed to equalize.
Keane was furious with the effort from the England defender and said on ITV (via METRO):
Ian Wright was also not happy with the effort from the England defender and added:
England went on to lose the match 3-1, with Habib Diara and Cheikh Sabaly scoring in the second half for Senegal.
England boss Thomas Tuchel admitted that his side weren’t ‘active enough’ in the match against Senegal but he was not worried. He reminded the fans that the World Cup was next year and they had enough time to work on their shortcomings.
He said (via ESPN):
England fans booed Tuchel and the players after the loss on Tuesday.
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