Former England defender Gary Neville reckons Anthony Gordon is under the most pressure in the team’s World Cup squad. England played a goalless draw against Ghana in Group L at the Gillette Stadium on Tuesday.
England registered 79% possession and 19 shots against the opponent but most importantly, could not find the back of the net.
Gordon was not up to the mark against the African nation and was replaced by Bukayo Saka in the 65th minute.
“Anthony Gordon — he’s probably the one that’s under the most pressure now,” Neville said on the Stick to Football podcast.
“We all thought he probably wouldn’t play today. We thought that maybe Marcus [Rashford] would come in or something like that, but he [Gordon] stayed on.
“I think he’s under pressure now. I think he’s the one that’s going to find it a little bit difficult to keep his spot.”
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane concurred with his former club teammate’s assessment, adding: “Now he’d [Gordon] be under huge pressure.”
Manchester United defender Harry Maguire said that England will not be “too downbeat” after Tuesday’s game.
“I think they’ll look back at it and think, in the grand scheme of things, we drew our second game against the USA in the last World Cup,” Maguire, who was part of the 2022 World Cup squad, told The Rest Is Football podcast.
“We were disappointed, but we knew we were in control of the group, you go and play your third game, you win the game and everything’s forgotten about and you go on to the knockout.
“So I don’t think they’ll be too downbeat. I think a few lads will be disappointed, probably, with the individual performances.

