Southgate running out of time to arrest England slide
LONDON: Gareth Southgate claimed England have taken a “step in the right direction,” but relegation from the top tier of the Nations League suggests the Three Lions’ are sliding. Southgate has just 59 days to stop the rot before England’s World Cup starts in Qatar, but there was little evidence of the tide turning in a 1-0 defeat to an experimental Italy at the San Siro on Friday. Germany’s visit to Wembley for a Nations League dead rubber on Monday is England’s only match before the World Cup.


