Kyle Walker defends England’s draw against DenmarkBBC Match of the Day
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00:00I think it's tournament football. Listen, this is a good Denmark team and, you know, we're top of the group.
00:07So let's try and take a positive from this game. We're not lost. We've conceded, you know, a great strike from outside the box.
00:15And sometimes you have to take, you have to go goals. I thought the first goal, listen, we've done well and set off really well as we did the other day.
00:21But we managed not to see the game out, but we're top of the group. So let's move on to, you know, the next game.
00:26You were getting forward as a team and both yourself as well so much early on. Why did that change?
00:31I think it's just the game. It's the game. You know, obviously you're sensing the game, you're sensing their feeling.
00:37They probably had the upper hand in certain parts of the game. So you go for that. As defenders, you try and think of what if rather than me charging forward,
00:44they go and score and then all of a sudden they're blaming us as a defence that we're not in position.
00:48So, listen, we've got enough up front to go and score goals and we've got enough, you know, as a team to go and defend.
00:54So, listen, let's take it as a point, a well-deserved point and we'll move on to the next game.
00:59Is the manager telling you to drop back deeper once you do score?
01:02No, not at all. Listen, the manager's expressed that he wants us to play free attacking football.
01:07Sometimes in tournament football, you have to manage the game. It is what it is. That's why it's so hard to win tournaments.
01:14Just as like the Champions League, it's not a walkthrough. You don't turn up and just take three points.
01:18It's tough when you come to these grounds, hostile environments, but we know we can do better.
01:23We know we can do better, but we're top of the group. So let's move on to that.
01:26As an experienced head, you're the vice captain. What are you going to be saying to those players in the dressing room now?
01:31Oh, they'll know. They'll know as individuals, as a team collectively, they'll know we've got another gear, but we haven't lost a game.
01:38So, obviously, everyone wants us to come and steamroll teams 3-4-0. It's not football. It's not football these days.
01:44We've got a point. We'll move on, as I keep saying. We're top of the group and we just keep going like that.