Republic of Ireland 0-2 England: Nations League – as it happened

09/07/2024 02:30 PM

• Updates from the 5pm BST kick-off at the Aviva Stadium
• Carsley keeps anthem pledge … and sits on wrong bench
• Get in touch! Share your thoughts in an email to Tim

And here comes another tart email. "With Jordan Pickford and Anthony Gordon in the XI and John Stones sitting next to Lee Carsley on the bench," asks Gary Naylor, "do Everton have the most club connections to this Brave New England? If so, there's a desperate 92 minutes on its way to you right now, culminating in two late goals in the 93rd and 95th to lose the game." Haha.

"It will be followed by an interview with a bald manager saying that he's disappointed with the result, nevertheless going on to explain how they were in the game for long periods, but have to cut out the individual errors. He'll finish by saying that they're missing a couple of key players but that the squad is good enough to cope with that. [Spoiler - it isn't]."