Steven Gerrard calls for FA and coaches 'to be fined' after England's win over Greece

Former Liverpool and England prima Steven Gerrard recovered a unsocial mode of praising midfielder Curtis Jones aft his awesome debut show for the Three Lions against Greece

Steven Gerrard has jokingly called connected the Football Association and England's coaches to beryllium fined aft Curtis Jones impressed successful England's triumph implicit Greece.

The Liverpool legend's tongue-in-cheek remark comes arsenic Jones made a goalscoring debut for the Three Lions against Greece. The 23-year-old marked his archetypal England headdress with a superb effort arsenic helium flicked Morgan Gibbs White's transverse down him to secure a 3-0 victory.

Jones has enjoyed an awesome tally of signifier nether Arne Slot astatine Anfield and transferred that to the planetary stage. Gerrard coached the Reds' prima portion successful complaint of the Anfield side's under-18s.

The Al-Ettifaq manager took purpose astatine the England set-up for taking to truthful agelong to clasp Jones' talents pursuing his starring performance. "What a player," Gerrard posted connected his Instagram story. "Fine the FA and each the coaches for being late."

The plaudits did not extremity their for Jones with interim-manager Lee Carsley waxing lyrical astir the midfielder's outing. "Curtis Jones is an outstanding player," helium told ITV.

"He played truly well, adjacent without his goal. With his extremity it was an fantabulous performance. People were speaking past nighttime astir the inexperience successful the squad but these players are playing for their clubs astatine a truly precocious level."

Jones was arsenic complimentary of the state helium was provided by his England teammates. The Anfield academy merchandise highlighted the sum by Jude Bellingham allowed him the accidental to people his goal.

"If you've got a squad similar ours, similar that, I tin spell high, I tin travel low, I tin get connected the ball, I tin play," helium explained. "There's lads determination to help, there's besides lads who said I tin spell arsenic well. Jude [Bellingham] stayed backmost and I saw I had a accidental to go. That's what I did and luckily capable I scored.

"The lads astir helped arsenic well. I conscionable went retired there, I was playing free, I had a grin connected my face, I was enjoying it and I'm blessed that I came distant with a extremity arsenic well."

Gerrard has proven inspirational to Jones' career, improving the young star's mentality to scope the top. "I accidental it now, still, I consciousness similar Steven was the 1 who came successful and made maine truly think, ‘Look, if I fastener each the mode in, present I tin spell to the top'," Jones said previously.

“I’ll ne'er hide the time, we’d been distant connected pre-season – I don’t cognize what state it was – we came backmost and helium got the full squad successful connected a one-to-one and he’d been speaking astir the things you did good and what you needed to improve.

“I retrieve erstwhile helium came successful – I don’t privation to accidental what helium said – it was bully but it was not nice. It wasn’t nice. It was similar the harsh truths.

“I’ll accidental a small bit: ‘I gave you the 10 garment connected your backmost due to the fact that I privation you to beryllium my main lad successful my squad and I privation to physique the squad astir you, but you didn’t amusement enough'.

“There was a crippled that helium said, this is was what stuck successful my caput a batch – wherever I wanted to amusement him that thing you request from maine I’ll bash it – we’d been beaten by Fulham and helium said I’d been tackled and the lad had stood implicit and said thing portion I’d been connected the floor.

“He turned astir to maine and said, ‘What did you bash astir it?!’ I said, ‘I can’t remember’, and helium said, ‘Well, I’ll archer you, you did nothing!’

“I sat determination and thought, ‘you’re right’. This is my club, determination are radical similar you who person played your full beingness present and adjacent came backmost to the academy and present you’re a coach, you privation to springiness your each to the club.

“There are radical similar me, I’m a Scouser myself, I don’t recognize the concern I’m in. I request to turn up present and request to beryllium a man.”

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