A troubling 1-0 loss to Italy on the road sent England to League B of the Nations League, raising doubts about Gareth Southgate's team's chances two months out from the World Cup.

The manager of England will have no doubts about the fans' sentiments because he received the same amount of jeers after the game as he did after losing to Hungary in June. They were undone on 68 minutes when Giacomo Raspadori of Italy was permitted to bring down a long ball in the box and bend into the far corner after Kyle Walker stepped off in Milan after an uninspiring first half in which England's 3-4-3 system and Bukayo Saka's role as left wing-back didn't look right.

Italy could have scored many more goals on Friday night despite the fact that they failed to qualify for the World Cup after defeating England at Wembley to win the Euros last summer. Gianluca Scamacca outjumped a pressed Harry Maguire to score with a header that Nick Pope turned into the bar early on, and Giovanni Di Lorenzo slid in to fire against the post in the closing moments.