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Gareth Southgate: England Team 'A Family' After Raheem Sterling, Joe Gomez Clash

England manager Gareth Southgate has said his squad is "like a family" following the clash between Manchester City's Raheem Sterling and Liverpool's Joe Gomez.

The two players' respective sides faced off in the Premier League on Sunday, and the pair went nose-to-nose at the end of the game following a tangle. On Monday, Sterling is said to have confronted Gomez again, and he has subsequently been dropped for the team's match with Montenegro on Thursday.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Southgate played down the significance of the incident and said unity in the squad is still strong, per BBC Sport:

"I love all of my players.