Are England 'too tired to press'? Five key charts

After much than 36 hours of aggravated statement and study of what went incorrect for England successful their disappointing tie pinch Denmark connected Thursday night, location is 1 Gareth Southgate remark that needs further fact-checking.

In interviews pinch nan written UK media only released connected Friday evening, nan England head suggested his players are not fresh capable to property nan guidance properly.

“We are not pressing good enough, pinch capable ­intensity,” Southgate said. “We person limitations successful really we tin do that pinch nan beingness condition. We can’t property arsenic precocious up nan transportation arsenic we mightiness person done successful nan ­qualifiers, for example."

Are England excessively tired to property properly? Did they play excessively overmuch nine shot past season? Here are 5 charts and tables examining nan case...

This floor plan compares 5 of nan European sides pinch nan astir players featuring successful nan biggest European leagues - and looks astatine nan full minutes played by their full squads successful nan 2023-24 season.

It includes each nine competitions - leagues, cups and European competitions.

A afloat 38-game Premier League play comes to 3,420 minutes - utilizing a basal fig of 90-minute games.

And this floor plan shows that, for England's starting line-up against some Serbia and Denmark, their mean nine playing clip past play was almost precisely that figure.

And arsenic nan floor plan beneath shows, 15 of nan 26-man England squad played much than that 3,420 figure, pinch heavy runs into home cups and European competitions successful nan lead-up to nan Euros.

In a database of nan 40 players pinch astir nine minutes played - crossed Europe's large 5 leagues, six England players characteristic - Konsa (6th); Watkins (10th); Rice (14th); Foden (15th); Walker (24th) and Gallagher (34th).

Spain and France person three; while Germany person 5 and Portugal person 5 - but besides person Ruben Neves (4,558 mins) and Cristiano Ronaldo (4,475 mins) who play successful nan Saudi Pro League.

Introducing a comparatively caller measurement which shows really fierce aliases disruptive a squad is against nan opposition's possession.

Data analysts Opta telephone it 'PPDA' and stands for 'opposition passes allowed per protect action' - nan higher nan number, nan little you’ve been capable to interrupt their spells of play.

Still pinch us?

Here's an easy spot of discourse to explain.

In nan Premier League past season, nan champion pressing squad was Tottenham who had an mean PPDA people of 8.8. Worst was Nottingham Forest pinch an mean PPDA people of 17.7.

Spurs were praised passim nan play for nan strength of their pressing game.

So what astir England?

England skipper Harry Kane admitted aft nan crippled that nan squad were "not judge really to get nan unit connected and who’s expected to beryllium [pressing]".

Speaking connected an extended England study conception connected BBC iPlayer, Match of nan Day pundits Cesc Fabregas and Alan Shearer had their say.

"I deliberation Harry doesn't person nan legs anymore to property high," said Fabregas. "You tin spot nan different ones - (Jude) Bellingham, (Bukayo) Saka, (Declan) Rice - property really high, but 1 personification not doing it tin termination nan usability of nan full game."

Shearer added: "I don’t deliberation location is simply a plan. There’s a complete deficiency of energy, I don’t cognize if anyone knows whether to travel aliases to sit.

"They look confused to maine arsenic players arsenic to erstwhile and really to go, and erstwhile they want to property nan opposition.

"That, for me, comes from nan manager. In nan first 2 games and surely nan past game, it was acold excessively easy for nan opposition."