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Interim England manager Lee Carsley’s bid for the permanent role faced a setback as England suffered a 1-2 loss to Greece at Wembley this evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both nations entered tonight’s match with a perfect record, but only Greece can claim to have achieved three consecutive UEFA Nations League wins, positioning the Euro 2004 winners strongly for promotion to League A.<\/p>\n

Ivan Jovanovi\u0107’s team now leads League B Group 2 by three points ahead of their rivals. They were thankful to Vangelis Pavlidis, who scored a goal on either side of Jude Bellingham’s wonder strike.<\/p>\n

“We were second best for a lot of tonight. It’s disappointing. We are going to get setbacks and it’s important we respond vs Finland,” Carsley said post-match.<\/p>\n

“We tried something different and play differently. We tried it for 20 minutes yesterday and it’s disappointing it didn’t come off.<\/p>\n

“It’s a case of trying again. With the quality we have, all the goals were from mistakes. Even at 1-1 we were quite fortunate at that point.<\/p>\n

“It’s an option [the system]. When you have someone of Kane’s quality, it rules it out. We tried something and in the future we need that courage to try. We tried something different.”<\/p>\n

As the dust settles, here are five things we’ve learned from this match.<\/p>\n

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1. No Kane, Problem<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A knock sustained while on Bundesliga duty ruled Harry Kane out of tonight’s contest, giving England a rare opportunity to see what a side without their record goalscorer would resemble. Carsley would field an experimental ‘striker-less’ lineup, with Cole Palmer performing a deeper midfield role than usual. Bukayo Saka and Anthony Gordon positioned on the flanks, with Jude Bellingham as the most attacking player, frequently switching positions with ‘number ten’ Phil Foden and Palmer.<\/p>\n

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— England (@England) October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n