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'We had to go with speed' - Southgate defends decision to snub Grealish in England defeat

England boss Gareth Southgate has defended his decision to snub Jack Grealish as the Three Lions crashed to a 1-0 Nations League defeat against Denmark on Wednesday.

Following his man-of-the-match performance in the 3-0 win versus Wales last week, Grealish was an unused substitute in Sunday's win against Belgium and that was again the case as England failed to pull back Christian Eriksen's first-half penalty at Wembley.

Southgate's side was forced to play for more than an hour with 10 men after Harry Maguire was given his marching orders for a second bookable offence.