England interim manager Lee Carsley has distanced himself from taking the job full time by suggesting he would be happy to return to his previous role as the Under-21 boss. Carsley is favourite to succeed Gareth Southgate as permanent manager after being put in charge by the FA for three international breaks in September,

A failed experiment, which will doubtless lead to the first calls over whether that should be said of Lee Carsley. The interim England manager himself said he wouldn’t describe his tactical approach to this first senior defeat in that way,

In a decisive break from Southgate's conservative approach, Carsley played an ultra attacking line-up against Greece, with Jude Bellingham as a false nine, Cole Palmer in midfield and three forwards in Bukayo Saka, Phil Foden and Anthony Gordon.