Euro 2020 Qualifiers, England 4-0 Bulgaria: 3 Talking Points from the game

#2 Despite dominating the possession, England scored due to errors from Bulgaria

In spite of making 804 passes, England failed to create much out of it.

Finally, the days of the English side playing direct and without any structure and cohesion are over. But, the change in philosophy has come at a stage where Gareth Southgate has improper tools to create his tactical mould. Unfortunately, England's Golden Generation was deprived of such a planned structure of football.

Likewise, Southgate would love to have the likes of Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, or Frank Lampard to be his midfield metronomes. However, the England side is still a work in progress. But now, people around this team know where the shortcomings are.

The Three Lions dominated the ball and moved the ball fluently, managing an excellent pass accuracy of 93% for over 800 attempted passes. But, players managed to hit the target just six times in an attempted 17 shots. Clearly, this depicts a shortage in the sharpness and creativity in the final third.

Southgate's troop looked most threatening when they broke at pace, and won the ball back with high-pressing. When in possession, they depended on players creating space with their runs rather than finding a killer final pass.

All the four England goals came at a time when Bulgaria panicked and committed a mistake.