At least that makes sense when the defender leaves their arm in such an exposed and forced position.

And so the inquest begins. Why did Gareth Southgate stick with Maguire? Why was he so loyal? Couldn’t he see it coming? Because everyone can see it coming.

Everyone saw it coming in the last 2 tournaments but he still delivered massively then which is the key part keeping him in contention.

Having said that Stones is the universally agreed starter, and for me the spot next to him should be a fight between Dunk and Guehi (I’m a lot lower than most on rating Tomori). Maguire would definitely be my 4th choice though because his experience at that level invaluable, especially for someone who would only be thrown in in a ‘everyone else is injured’ acenario