Gary Lineker has doubled down on his criticisms of Harry Kane after England narrowly scraped a 1-1 draw with Denmark. While the Three Lions would start the game in promising fashion - with Kane himself opening the scoring with a cool finish from six yards in the 18th minute - the side appeared to switch to cruise control thereafter. And complacency would come back to bite Gareth Southgate's side shortly afterwards, with Morten Hjulmand capitalising on a sloppy pass deep in England's own half and striking powerfully from outside the box to find the back of a raging Jordan Pickford's net 34 minutes in.
Kane would find himself switched out for Ollie Watkins with 20 minutes to go after a very much ado about nothing performance following his first-half opener. And Lineker was quick to heap on criticism towards Kane after the dismal display, taking to his The Rest Is Football podcast post-match to share his disappointment. Speaking with co-host Micah Richards , he said: "Why do England not play the high press? They might play it for about three minutes in a game.
Are they not coached to play that? You feel a little bit guilty for Harry Kane. Can you do it with Harry Kane that way? I think you can. "You've got to say to your striker Harry - however good he is - 'You've got to buy into this Harry, you don't need to do too much but it needs to come from your forward player'.
There are pros and cons to Harry and the fact is, he's an unbelievable finisher. "And if you were 1-1 in the se.