— Harry Kane barely moved! – Gary Lineker heads with the England captain after England’s down lines

Harry Kane may have put England ahead against Denmark with a calm left-footed finish, but Leicester City legend Gary Lineker has laid the blame for his side’s sluggish first half down to the captain.

The Match of the Day host questioned Kane’s workload off the ball, suggesting he “barely moved”, while highlighting the Bayern Munich star’s lack of pressing intensity. Kane would end up being replaced by Ollie Watkins with more than 20 minutes of the game remaining as the nations played out a 1-1 draw in Frankfurt.

And Lineker was backed by two out of three experts in the studio after analyzing why England dropped so deep after conceding Morten Hjulmand’s long-range equaliser, which crept into the right-hand corner of Jordan Pickford’s goal.

“Can I offer a little theory? If you want to press, it has to come from your centre-forward first,” Lineker said.

“Harry doesn’t press and he didn’t press in the first half. He barely moved. Then the team goes deeper and Harry Kane goes deeper and even when you get the ball you have nothing to shoot. I just don’t understand.”

In response, Micah Richards said: “There is a difficulty about how England want to set up. They want to press and make the players press. But Harry Kane is so good at goals and his record is incredible. When his goal comes, you think, OK, Harry Kane is confident.

“But the other side of the game, he just needs to improve. When you talk about goals, he’s one of the best.”

And Rio Ferdinand agreed, adding: “I’d go crazy. I’d scream at him. I couldn’t have my striker not completing the workload the other players put in. I need to see that intensity. Their centre-halves are under pressure, because I feel like an England defender”.

Beating Denmark would have sealed top spot in Group C and secured an easier draw in the last 16. England must next face Slovenia on Tuesday evening.

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