{"id":13542,"date":"2022-03-29T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/29\/player-ratings-england-vs-ivory-coast\/"},"modified":"2022-03-29T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T22:02:00","slug":"player-ratings-england-vs-ivory-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/29\/player-ratings-england-vs-ivory-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: England vs Ivory Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Result<\/h2>\n<p>England played out their final match of the March international break on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions faced off with Ivory Coast in a friendly meeting at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Given the nature of the tie and the number of players who have already pulled out of the squad due to injuries or Covid-19 this month, the former Middlesbrough boss was expected to field something of a makeshift team and did exactly that.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not having his best eleven on the field, however, Southgate was still able to guide England to a victory on the day.<\/p>\n<p>The home side dominated from the get-go and took the lead towards the end of the first half when Raheen Sterling\u2019s low cross was tapped into an open goal by Ollie Watkins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The skill from Raheem Sterling in the build-up ?<\/p>\n<p>Ollie Watkins gives England the lead over the Ivory Coast! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SMsVGbAMfA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SMsVGbAMfA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyFootball\/status\/1508887560403234827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nIvory Coast were then down to 10 men after 39 minutes when Serge Aurier was shown a second yellow card and this put to bed any small chance the away side had of getting back into the game.<\/p>\n<p>England went on to dominate the rest of the match and added a third goal in second-half injury-time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1670456\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":765961,\"brand_name\":\"Bet365\",\"offer_text\":\"New customers bet u00a310 and get u00a350 in free bets!\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/165x165_Bet365-squareLogo.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Bet365 Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">New customers bet \u00a310 and get \u00a350 in free bets!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #008061\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">BET NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">Open Account Offer. Bet \u00a310 &amp; Get \u00a350 in Free Bets for new customers at bet365. Min deposit requirement. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of bets to value of qualifying deposit. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Time limits and T&amp;Cs apply. 18+. begambleaware.org. UK &amp; ROI residents only<\/div>\n<h2>England player ratings<\/h2>\n<p>Nick Pope (5) \u2013 Hardly touched the ball but was reliable when called upon.<\/p>\n<p>Ben White (5) \u2013 Had very little to do in the first half and was taken off at the break.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Maguire (7) \u2013 Great long-ball to start the move for England\u2019s second of the day. Continued to venture forward and help start moves.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrone Mings (7.5) \u2013 Another solid showing from Mings who is proving to be a decent back-up option for England in the left-sided centre-back spot. Good header for England\u2019s 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrick Mitchell (5.5) \u2013 Had little to do during his hour on the pitch but did what he had to do well.<\/p>\n<p>Declan Rice (6) \u2013 Helped break up play well and was solid in his passing.<\/p>\n<p>James Ward-Prowse (5) \u2013 Quiet game from the midfielder. A few creative passes and the odd long-range effort but nothing to write home about.<\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham (7.5) \u2013 Intricate link-up play early on to carve out a chance for himself but could not finish. Continued to cause problems going forward throughout his time on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Raheem Sterling (8.5) \u2013 Excellent footwork to create space and slide the ball across the box for a Watkins tap-in. Scored himself shortly before the break.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Grealish (8) \u2013 Bright start to the game, linked well with Bellingham and Sterling as well as creating some chances for himself. Set up Sterling for England\u2019s second.<\/p>\n<p>Ollie Watkins (8) \u2013 Scored an easy tap-in for England\u2019s opener and then controlled the ball well before laying it off to Sterling in the build-up to the latter\u2019s goal. Off after 62 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Walker-Peters (5) \u2013 A quiet 45 minutes for the full-back who did little wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Shaw (6) \u2013 Crossing was decent when he came on. Had little to do defensively.<\/p>\n<p>Emile Smith Rowe \u2013 Looked lively when he came on but didn\u2019t create an awful lot.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane (4.5) \u2013 A quiet sub appearance from the captain.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden (4.5) \u2013 Decent 30 minutes from the Manchester City man.<\/p>\n<p>Conor Gallagher (4) \u2013 Did little with his 13 minutes on the pitch.<\/p>\n<h2>Ivory Coast player ratings<\/h2>\n<p>Badra Ali Sangare (4) \u2013 Good save to deny Jude Bellingham early on. Poor parrying of the ball in the build-up to England\u2019s second.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Deli (2.5) \u2013 Had an absolute nightmare trying to deal with Raheem Sterling.<\/p>\n<p>Serge Aurier (1.5) \u2013 Sloppy defending in the build-up to Watkins\u2019 goal. Was then sent off towards the end of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Bailly (4) \u2013 Poor marking for the Watkins opener. Taken off after 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Hassane Kamara \u2013 Poor marking for the Watkins opener.<\/p>\n<p>Franck Kessie (4) \u2013 Struggled to help his side gain any sort of foothold in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Michael Seri (3.5) \u2013 Made a number of poor tackles and gave the ball away several times.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwel Cornet (3) \u2013 Taken off after 63 minutes after failing to cause England any issues.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Pepe (4) \u2013 Only half-chance of Ivory Coast\u2019s first half fell to Pepe but he wasted it. Was then taken off at the break.<\/p>\n<p>Sebastien Haller (3) \u2013 Spent the entire game isolated up front on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Max Gradel (3) \u2013 Hardly had any impact on the match before being hooked at half-time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Willy Boly (5) \u2013 Helped keep Kane quiet when he came on.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Agbadou (3) \u2013 Did little whilst on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Fousseny Coulibaly (2) \u2013 Did little to help Ivory Coast\u2019s problems in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Ghislain Konan (N\/A)<\/p>\n<p>Yohan Boli (N\/A)<\/p>\n<h2>What they said<\/h2>\n<p>Jack Grealish speaking to Sky Sports: \u201cI thought it was a good performance from us. We knew it would be difficult to start but the red card changed things completely. It was a different type of game to what we\u2019re used to playing. It was a good performance from the team and I\u2019m happy with mine too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted [Serge Aurier] to stay on because it\u2019s a friendly and you get more from playing against 11. I think it would have been more of a challenge for us. I said to the referee \u2018come on!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked Raheem Sterling if there was any chance he was passing to me before! No, I\u2019m just happy to get goals and assists. They have been difficult to come by at Manchester City but with England I have got quite a few. I want to continue playing well because I\u2019m really enjoying it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, I\u2019ve spoken to Pep Guardiola. He\u2019s shown me every other stat in the world that you would be happy with apart from goals and assists. He\u2019s the only person I need to impress but if you\u2019re a forward you want to get goals and assists so hopefully in the business end of the season I can get them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a brilliant time to be in my shoes. We\u2019re in so many competitions still and then at the end of the year we have the World Cup. I need to keep impressing the manager to get into that squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/\">Click here to view our latest Premier League betting tips.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Premier League table as it stands<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"overflow-x\">\n<table class=\"gg101__table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>#<\/th>\n<th>Team<\/th>\n<th>MP<\/th>\n<th>W<\/th>\n<th>D<\/th>\n<th>L<\/th>\n<th>F<\/th>\n<th>A<\/th>\n<th>D<\/th>\n<th>P<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Manchester City<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>68<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Liverpool FC<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Chelsea FC<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Arsenal FC<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Tottenham Hotspur<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Manchester United<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>West Ham United<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Aston Villa<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Leicester City<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>-4<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Southampton FC<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>-9<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Crystal Palace<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>-10<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Newcastle United<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>-17<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Brentford FC<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>-14<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Leeds United<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<td>-33<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Everton FC<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>-18<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Watford FC<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>-26<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Burnley FC<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>-16<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Norwich City<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>63<\/td>\n<td>-45<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<strong>Last updated: 1 min ago<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Result England played out their final match of the March international break on Tuesday. The Three Lions faced off with Ivory Coast in a friendly meeting at Wembley. Given the nature of the tie and the number of players who have already pulled out of the squad due to injuries or Covid-19 this month, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-13542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}