ENGLAND : Hart; Walker, Cahill, Jones,Bertrand; Henderson, Dier, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Alli, Rashford, Kane.
SLOVAKIA: Dubravka; Pekarik, Skrtel, Durica, Hubocan; Lobotka, Skriniar; Weiss, Hamsik, Mak; Nemec.
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Group F leaders England host Slovakia at 7.45 pm
Engerland have 17 points from seven games, Slovakia 15.
Liverpool are doing OK but they could have used Skrtel’s leadership last season.
But Klopp sold the Slovakian leader to Fenerbahce.
Marek Hamsik is by far their best player and it will be interesting to see how creative the Napoli skipper is tonight. Hamsik has scored 93 goals for his Italian club since 2007.
For the game in Malta, Southgate picked a team of yeomen who tired out their stubborn semi-professional opponents.
Livermore (Hull) was in central mid with skipper Jordan Henderson, so it took us 53 minutes to score the first goal.
Some very quick thinking by Dele Alli, a lateral run by Kane, a cute pass that found Harry. Bang! He made the finish look easy.
Malta 0 England 1.
Then we got three late goals and won 4-0.
But the first goal was key. That goal could only have been created by two footballers who have trained a lot together and are on the same wavelength.
Marcus Rashford is big, fast, inventive and penetrating.
He’s a power player with tons of skill and very hungry. A game-changer because he’s so fast and powerful and skilful.
Some England games have been two-parters.
One game with the starting eleven, and a different game which starts when Rashford comes on.
We don’t know what Slovakia can do at Wembley. They might surprise us.