Maguire the villain as Danes storm Wembley
England's prospects of returning to the finals of the Nations League suffered a big hit as Gareth Southgate's side lost 1-0 at home to Denmark on Wednesday.
Harry Maguire was sent off for England in the first half at Wembley for two clumsy yellow cards before Christian Eriksen converted a 35th-minute penalty on the occasion of his 100th cap.
Maguire was already under intense scrutiny after a difficult period for both club and country in the wake of his arrest in Greece and the Manchester United captain endured a 31-minute nightmare in what was one of the toughest nights of Gareth Southgate's reign.
However, Southgate said he had no intention of taking Maguire out of the firing line when England next meet up in Novembe, while captain Harry Kane said he expected the defender to "bounce back."
"For me, he is a top player and a massive part of what we do. He is having a period where he is getting a lot of stick thrown his way. He is big enough to deal with that and he will be stronger for it. He has our full support and I know his club will be the same," he told Sky Sports.
"He will be getting all sorts. He has been getting all sorts for a while from some people who should know better. None of us like to be at the centre of that sort of summer, do they? He is having one of those periods where things are going against him but you have to hang on in there and things will turn."
Belgium won 2-1 in Iceland on Wednesday with Romelu Lukaku scoring twice while, in Zagreb, Kylian Mbappe missed an open goal early on but got the winner in the 79th minute as France beat Croatia 2-1 in their latest re-run of the 2018 World Cup final. Antoine Griezmann had put France ahead with Nikola Vlasic equalising in the second half for Croatia before around 7,000 fans.
Meanwhile, the Dutch came from behind to draw 1-1 with Italy in Bergamo, with Donny van de Beek netting for Frank de Boer's side after Lorenzo Pellegrini put Italy ahead.
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