KEOWN: SWITCHING WINGERS PAID DIVIDENDS FOR GARETH

FOR the first 35 minutes, England’s wingers had little joy as Montenegro doubled up on Callum Hudson-Odoi and Raheem Sterling. With 10 minutes to go before half-time, Gareth Southgate told his wingers to switch flanks and it paid dividends. Hudson-Odoi is more comfortable on the left where he can cut inside on to his right foot. As his touch map for the first half shows, he had more touches in 10 minutes on the left than in 35 on the right. HudsonOdoi set up Ross Barkley’s first goal by cutting in from the left and after the break, Sterling got a goal and an assist from the right. MICHAEL KEANE would not have been happy with Montenegro’s goal — failing to make an adequate clearance and letting the ball go through him too easily — but what a response from the defender. He showed real character to take ownership at that set-piece and equalise with a thumping header.