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Jack Grealish assisted Raheem Sterling\u2019s winning goal for England against the Czech Republic (Picture: Getty)Frank Lampard has praised the performances of Bukayo Saka, Jack Grealish and Luke Shaw after England beat the Czech Republic to progress to Euro 2020\u2019s last 16 as Group D winners.
\nThe Three Lions had already secured qualification thanks to results in Groups B and C 24 hours earlier and Raheem Sterling\u2019s first-half header ensured Gareth Southgate\u2019s men will be playing on home soil in the next round.
\nThere was a clamour for Grealish to start ahead of the clash and the Aston Villa captain grabbed his opportunity with both hands, providing an exquisite dinked assist for England\u2019s winning goal and shone throughout his 68-minute appearance.
\nThere was some surprise as Bukayo Saka was picked in the starting XI ahead of Jadon Sancho but the Arsenal youngster proved his doubters wrong and came away from Wembley with the \u2018Star of the Match\u2019 award.<\/p>\n
Saka was named man of the match at Wembley (Picture: Getty)Analysing England\u2019s victory in the BBC Sport studio, Lampard said he was pleased to see Southgate\u2019s side play a more \u2018exciting\u2019 brand of football in the wake of last Friday\u2019s goalless stalemate with Scotland.
\n\u2018Scotland was the main one where we all sat up and said, \u201cWe don\u2019t like that\u201d, and I\u2019m sure Gareth would have addressed a lot of things going into yesterday,\u2019 the ex-England and Chelsea midfielder said.
\n\u2018I felt that we picked up the speed of the game, in that first half, much more than we have done at this tournament so far with Saka turning for the first goal and going past them and breaking the line.
\n\u2018Grealish will always do that and we just had more speed. We were penetrating with Luke Shaw arriving as well so it was more exciting.
\n\u2018To try and have sustained periods in the opposition half and maybe be a bit better on the ball is something we need to look at.\u2019<\/p>\n
There are fears Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell may be forced to miss England\u2019s last 16 fixture, with the pair having to isolate after coming into contact with Scotland\u2019s Billy Gilmour \u2013 who since tested positive for Covid-19.
\nBut Lampard said he \u2018wouldn\u2019t be surprised\u2019 if Southgate starts Mount even if he is only able to train on his own in the build-up to the match.
\n\u2018His fitness is unquestioned. How he\u2019ll handle himself, I\u2019m not sure what the practical nature of it is \u2013 whether he can get out there and train,\u2019 the former Chelsea manager added.
\n\u2018But if he can train on his own and keep himself on a level then I think we\u2019ve seen Gareth rely on him.
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\u2018With the level of game that we\u2019re going to have where we will need to be good on and off the ball, Mason is a very complete package.
\n\u2018I just sense that if he can train on Monday evening and get him anywhere near fit then I think Mason is so intelligent.
\n\u2018He\u2019s so intelligent that I think part of the game-plan going into the game, you can drop it to Mason in the meetings and he picks things up so I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he relied on him whatever.\u2019<\/p>\n
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