'We would do anything to protect this manager' - Rice

Declan Rice said England's players would "do thing to protect" head Gareth Southgate aft they came from down to seal a dramatic last-16 victory complete Slovakia.

Three Lions leader Southgate had travel nether occurrence pursuing his side's mediocre performances astatine Euro 2024, but Jude Bellingham's stunning injury-time overhead footwear and Harry Kane's extra-time effort salvaged nan occurrence aft going down successful nan first half.

Cups were thrown astatine Southgate and some fans jeered aft their group-stage tie pinch Slovenia, but he enjoyed a lukewarm post-match reception arsenic he celebrated pinch supporters connected Sunday.

"We've sewage a togetherness, we proved that tonight," Rice told BBC Sport. We'd do thing to protect this manager, protect each other.

"We'll support going and support fighting and what we've sewage arsenic a group coming showed retired there. It's an honour to beryllium a portion of it and we're going to springiness it everything."

Fellow midfielder Bellingham praised nan "sacrifices" made by nan squad to thief clinch a gathering pinch Switzerland successful nan past 8 - unrecorded connected nan BBC - connected Saturday (17:00 BST).

"We've won this crippled together," nan 21-year-old told ITV Sport. "Not me, not Harry Kane, not nan individual moments.

"It's nan likes of Ivan Toney, Eberechi Eze, Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka going to left-back.

"It's nan sacrifice you make for nan squad and that's nan power we request to support sloppy of what goes on."