Gareth Southgate believes his England side “shot themselves in the foot” during their underwhelming UEFA Nations League campaign.
The Three Lions played their last game of the competition on Wednesday night as they eased to a 4-0 win over Iceland at Wembley.
However, defeat to Belgium on Sunday meant they were already unable to qualify for the finals.
England finished third in Group A2 behind the Belgians and Denmark, a disappointing result for a team who reached the semi-finals last year.
And when asked to reflect on his team’s performance, Southgate revealed he feels England were their own worst enemy at times. But he is also keen to use it as a learning experience ahead of next summer’s EUROs.
Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: “I think it’s been a remarkable period, but it is for everybody in our country at the moment.
“We have got to learn from some of those experiences. We have had some very good performances. In actual fact two of the best performances were in games we lost, but also we shot ourselves in the foot during this period.
“We made life difficult for ourselves off the pitch. We had some red cards on the pitch which were costly. We never had all of our players available which some other countries did. When you’re playing at the very top level, all of those things can be costly.
Source: TeamTalk
