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Declan Rice has started each 4 of England's matches astatine the World Cup successful Qatar| Host nation: Qatar Dates: 20 November-18 December Coverage: Live connected BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app. Day-by-day TV listings - Full sum details |
England person "silenced" their pre-tournament critics with "faultless" performances connected their mode to the World Cup quarter-finals, says Declan Rice.
Gareth Southgate's broadside comfortably beat Senegal 3-0 connected Sunday to acceptable up a quarter-final against reigning satellite champions France.
England person won 3 and drawn 1 of their 4 matches successful Qatar.
"I don't deliberation we get the recognition we merit successful our performances," said West Ham midfielder Rice, 23.
"If you look astatine different teams, similar the Netherlands and Argentina, they triumph their games comfortably and they get called 'masterclasses'.
"With us, it ever gets picked off. The antagonistic things ever travel that way. If you look astatine the past mates of games, it's been faultless. I deliberation countries should beryllium starting to fearfulness america present due to the fact that we're a large team."
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England person scored 12 goals successful 4 matches successful Qatar - the country's joint-most astatine a large tournament, level with their 12 goals astatine the 2018 World Cup.
They person besides kept a cleanable expanse successful their past 3 games astatine the World Cup - their champion tally of games without conceding a extremity successful the contention since 1982.
"Going into the tournament, determination was a batch of speech that we don't people capable goals. That's different 1 we've kept radical quiescent on," added Rice.
"There was a batch of scrutiny astir the defence and conceding goals, but it's been solid. We're going to support gathering and pushing."
Faced with the imaginable of coming up against Paris St-Germain and France superstar Kylian Mbappe successful Saturday's quarter-final (19:00 GMT kick-off), Rice said England person thing to fear.
"These are the games we privation to play in. They lone travel astir once. England versus France, quarter-final - it doesn't get bigger than that," helium added.
"I'm definite the satellite volition beryllium watching. We truly privation to progress. There's nary constituent buzzing [about triumph implicit Senegal] if we can't propulsion connected and bushed France."
Tottenham defender Eric Dier added: "When you get to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, everyone is going to beryllium precise good. It is to beryllium expected.
"No-one volition fearfulness anyone. They're a large squad with precise large players - but truthful are we."
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