Jordan Henderson breaks silence after England disaster

Obviously the goalless draw against the United States is a somewhat negative result for a team of England's stature, because without detracting from the great work done by the players of the Stars and Stripes, the team of the three lions showed shortcomings during the 90 minutes that fortunately were not capitalised by their opponents, making the distribution of units not such a severe punishment for such failures.

One of the players who experienced that English desperation for several minutes was Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, a player of vast experience who during his participation in the second half had the task of bringing order to a sector completely lost to the constant siege of an attacking block well led and organised by Christian Pulisic.

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The goalless draw was not perceived by Henderson as a total mistake by his team-mates and himself, but he also saw in his opponents that willingness to play a good game and earn that score on the pitch, highlighting more than the score the intensity with which they did not let their goal slip, leaving the second matchday with a bittersweet taste at not being able to win but not losing and maintaining the lead in Group B. "It was a tough game, I thought I had to give credit to the USA as well. We defended very well at times, we kept a clean sheet, which is very positive.

The Reds player does not see what the United States did on the second matchday as a stroke of luck or chance, because for the veteran midfielder in this competition there will always be difficult opponents and surprising results, speaking at least of his group always respecting the opponent. "In the World Cup there will always be tough opponents, no matter who you play, you're watching some of the other games where you wouldn't expect that to maybe turn out from certain teams, they go out, they win and they perform well. So we always respect the opponent."

"There's always going to be tough opponents"

Taking responsibility for what they did on the pitch without underestimating the quality of the opposition is the early reading Jordan Henderson was able to give to their second group game, with both the midfielder and his team-mates now tasked with preparing and correcting their mistakes for their clash against Wales on 29 November at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in al Rayyan.