Phil Foden: England forward ready to grasp World Cup opportunities after 'mixed bag' start

England guardant Phil Foden says his World Cup has been a "mixed bag" but believes helium has a accidental of starting England's last-16 clash with Senegal.

"It has been up and down," the Manchester City guardant told BBC TV.

"[I am] disappointed not to commencement much games but it is portion of the tournament. I americium a squad subordinate and erstwhile I get the opportunities I'll instrumentality them."

Foden has scored 9 goals and assisted doubly successful 22 appearances for his nine and state this season.

He came connected arsenic a 71st-minute substitute successful England's opener with Iran and played each 90 minutes against Wales.

"I had seen a batch of media attraction towards maine to start, it is hard to get distant from that," helium added.

"There is simply a batch [of competition]. [Bukayo] Saka has done good and scored successful the archetypal game, [Marcus] Rashford has scored and did precise good against Wales.

"Everyone is scoring and everyone has proved a constituent truthful it volition beryllium a headache for Gareth [Southgate] to prime the squad for the adjacent game.

"[Scoring against Wales was] decidedly up determination for 1 of the champion feelings successful my vocation truthful far, a peculiar moment.

"I deliberation I person each accidental to commencement adjacent match. I played good against Wales but we volition person to spot what happens."

England manager Southgate praised the 22-year-old and besides stressed helium is not disquieted astir skipper Harry Kane's goalless commencement to the tournament.

"For Phil it was large helium got his goal, a peculiar infinitesimal for a commencement but besides it means that each of our attacking players barroom Harry person scored. That means determination is 1 coming for Harry," Southgate told BBC TV.

'We've been moving connected penalties for a while'

England look Senegal aft qualifying for the knockout signifier arsenic Group B winners.

Senegal progressed from the radical signifier for lone the 2nd clip after a 2-1 triumph implicit Ecuador connected Tuesday, to decorativeness 2nd down Netherlands successful Group A.

"They are playing with confidence, they are African champions," added Southgate.

"They are good organised and they person bully idiosyncratic players. They person velocity connected the transitions, not a dissimilar trial from the USA. I deliberation it volition beryllium that benignant of athleticism we volition face, definitely."

At this signifier 4 years agone England won their first-ever World Cup punishment shootout to bushed Colombia and beforehand to the quarter-finals.

Their latest shootout, though, ended successful decision - an agonising nonaccomplishment to Italy successful the last of the European Championship astatine Wembley past year.

Southgate admits the squad person been focusing connected their spot-kicks successful training.

"We were not moving acold from what we did, but determination are immoderate things we thought we could nail down adjacent tighter and we person been moving connected that for a while," helium said.

"There is simply a equilibrium of not making that a bigger play than it needs to beryllium but, astatine the aforesaid time, making definite we are prepared."

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