John Aldridge has shown Jordan Pickford no mercy after the Everton star’s blunder almost cost England a goal against Greece.
The Three Lions succumbed to a 2-1 loss to Greece in the UEFA Nations League on Thursday (10 October) and Pickford had a night to forget.
He was left red-faced after he messed up a clearance off his line nine minutes into the game and almost gifted his opponents an early lead.
Aldridge has now ripped into Pickford for the incident and believes Lee Carsley should have “hammered” Pickford for the same.
“You see England keeper Jordan Pickford trying to play as a sweeper, tripping over the ball 35 yards from his line and nearly conceding a goal and it’s hard to explain”, the ex-Liverpool striker wrote via his column on the Sunday World website (13 October).
“England boss Lee Carsley should have bloody hammered Pickford for his antics at Wembley, but he won’t because every manager plays the same now.”Everton ace Jordan Pickford struggled against Greece
The embarrassing incident was only a sign of things to come for Pickford as he continued to struggle on the night.
He could not prevent Greece’s two goals and would have conceded more had it not been for an excellent Levi Colwill clearance and a VAR review.The early mistake seemingly affected him as he appeared indecisive in a corner situation later.
However, the 30-year-old will be determined to shake off the negative feelings when England face Finland on Sunday (13 October).
While Pickford is prone to the odd error, fans and pundits need to cut him slack as it was only a week ago that he saved a penalty for Everton.He denied former teammate Anthony Gordon from the spot to help the Toffees earn a point and maintain their three-game unbeaten run.
As per FotMob, he made three saves that day, preventing an xGOT of 0.86, and recovering the ball seven times.
In other Everton news, Sean Dyche’s side have joined the race for Steaua Bucharest centre-back Joyskim Dawa.
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