Jude Bellingham's goal could be the moment that saves Gareth Southgate, believes Jamie O'Hara.
England were seconds from an embarrassing exit from Euro 2024 to Slovakia before the Real Madrid midfielder struck deep into injury time with an incredible bicycle kick to level the tie in Germany.
The Three Lions would go on to win the game thanks to a Harry Kane header, but speaking to Grosvesnor Sport, O'Hara placed the blame at Southgate's feet after another disappointing performance from his side, which was only saved by Bellingham's moment of magic.
“Jude Bellingham has probably saved Gareth Southgate’s managerial career,” he said.
“Before that goal, it almost looked like Southgate was finished as a top-level manager – there’s possibly reason to think he wouldn’t have landed a job in the Premier League after that. He has looked miles off it – the team sheet was all wrong and the substitutions weren’t good either.
“He isn’t learning from other tournaments – as a manager you’re meant to develop and learn from your mistakes, but I don’t see anything different from Southgate from any of the previous tournaments. If anything, he’s become worse and more stubborn. He doesn’t make substitutions – we said after the last game that we wanted to see earlier changes and more proactivity, but there was nothing of the sort from Southgate last night.
“I feel like screaming down the television at him every time I watch England, it’s so bad. It was a disaster of a performance again. They were miles off it once again.”
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