{"id":288518,"date":"2023-09-12T23:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288518"},"modified":"2023-09-12T23:35:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:35:47","slug":"souness-and-cole-hail-outstanding-bellingham-after-england-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/souness-and-cole-hail-outstanding-bellingham-after-england-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Souness and Cole hail &apos;outstanding&apos; Bellingham after England victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Graeme Souness and Joe Cole hail &#8216;outstanding&#8217; Jude Bellingham after England star revels in No 10 role and inspires victory over Scotland at Hampden Park<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OLIVER HOLT: Magnificent Jude runs the show as England pass Scotland test<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bellingham\u00a0scored second goal before setting up Harry Kane to notch the third<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>PLAYER RATINGS: Bellingham bossed it and Marcus Rashford was a menace\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jude Bellingham produced a dazzling display to orchestrate a euphoric England triumph in Scotland&#8217;s backyard last night.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Madrid midfielder was at his brilliant best at Hampden Park, scoring England&#8217;s second goal before setting up Harry Kane to notch the third as Gareth Southgate&#8217;s men eased home in the 150th anniversary Heritage Match.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden set England on their way with the opener before Bellingham struck but Harry Maguire &#8211; introduced as a half time substitute &#8211; scored an own goal to raise Scotland hopes of an unlikely comeback before captain Kane eased late nerves.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Southgate passionately defended Maguire branding the growing negativity surrounding the defender a &#8216;joke&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But Bellingham &#8211; playing in a No 10 role &#8211; was the real story here as he mustered arguably his best performance in an England shirt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/23\/75349811-0-Jude_Bellingham_was_England_s_star_of_the_show_against_their_old-a-65_1694557921003.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham was England&#8217;s star of the show against their old rivals at Hampden Park<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/23\/75352495-0-The_England_midfielder_left_was_deployed_behind_Kane_in_a_4_2_3_-a-66_1694557926560.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The England midfielder (left) was deployed behind Kane in a 4-2-3-1 system against Scotland<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was excellent. What was key for Jude was the timing of his forward runs and he has got that ability to slip through challenges and he&#8217;s just a brilliant competitor he isn&#8217;t concerned about the environment,&#8217; said Southgate, who confirmed Marc Guehi was substituted at half-time with an injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham himself added: &#8216;I wasn&#8217;t happy with how I played in Poland against Ukraine to be honest. I think I showed a level that wasn&#8217;t anywhere near my best and I think that&#8217;s the motivation really, to try and get back to your best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think that was close to it tonight. I used the last match as motivation and knew tonight was more than a friendly, for the fans and bragging rights and all those sorts of things so I knew I needed to be near to my best today so the England fans could go home happy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport columnist Graeme Souness added: &#8216;This is the first time I&#8217;ve seen Jude Bellingham live. When I was in the centre circle before the match, and I&#8217;m looking at him. When I was playing, he&#8217;d have been a big midfield player. I&#8217;d be a small midfielder player today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s got everything, that young boy. Absolutely everything. And, at 20 years old, how good can he be? He has that steady head on his shoulders and was outstanding tonight.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former England midfielder Joe Cole said: &#8216;We&#8217;ve got a gem, we just need to put him in a system that&#8217;ll get the best out of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I like it when he plays close to Harry Kane, Graeme likes it when he plays a bit deeper, with someone else in there, but I think he and Harry Kane need to build up an understanding where when Harry drops off, the space is there for him to attack the space and score goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s got the flavour for goals now, you know, and you look at him in his interview, I think he wants to play closer to the goal. All attacking players do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it&#8217;ll be horses for courses, certain games he can play deeper, perhaps if we need to break down a certain team, but knowing Gareth, if he were to play a quarter-final match tomorrow against France, I&#8217;m pretty sure he&#8217;d go with the sixes and Jude as a 10. But it just gives you options.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve had a player of his quality for a very very long time. He is absolute world elite, Ballon d&#8217;Or winner possibility.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham\u00a0said he had really enjoyed his playing in the No 10 role against Scotland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/23\/75356225-0-image-a-77_1694558241505.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Andy Robertson&#8217;s attempted clearance fell to Bellingham and he slotted home the second<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/23\/75352347-0-England_captain_Harry_Kane_second_from_right_sealed_victory_for_-a-67_1694557938848.jpg\" height=\"363\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bellingham set up England captain Harry Kane (second from right) for the third goal late on<\/p>\n<p>When asked if it was his best role, he replied: &#8216;I think tonight was pretty close. It depends on the system that we play and it&#8217;s tough because we&#8217;ve got so many players to accommodate for and to get the best out of so it shouldn&#8217;t really just be built on what I do really well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The team have to come first always and I do my best to slot in and do what the gaffer wants from me. I think this one was probably a little better suited than the weekend &#8211; no hints to the gaffer (laughs) but I really enjoyed playing in that position tonight.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Real Madrid star was also pleased to get on the scoresheet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I think it&#8217;s just a freedom role really more than anything. If you look at my performances in Madrid so far, they&#8217;re quite complete because I get given the freedom by the amazing team-mates and coaching staff and manager that I&#8217;ve got. They help me be all over the pitch and get into the box to finish the chances and create as well and I think I can do all of that pretty well. I can do it a lot better and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to prove to you all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12511107\/Graeme-Souness-Joe-Cole-hail-outstanding-Jude-Bellingham-England-star-revels-No-10-role-inspires-victory-Scotland-Hampden-Park.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Graeme Souness and Joe Cole hail &#8216;outstanding&#8217; 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