Alli delighted to get first England goal

“It still hasn’t sunk in yet”, he said.

“They are two players who maybe haven’t had a lot of publicity in terms of their chances up to now, but I think they are going to get a lot of publicity for their chances going forward”.

Alli’s night was not without its tremulous moments: twice, a poor first touch scuppered an England break.

“Words can’t describe the feeling”.

The 19-year-old has rapidly established himself as one of the brightest talents in the Premier League since joining Spurs for £5m deal in January.

“I like to get goals”, he said.

“For that reason alone I made the decision that for the last 20 minutes he was going to feature”. Goals are a big part of my game.

France and Tottenham skipper Hugo Lloris appeared to confirm that when he said: “We had a few doubts, some concerns about the game”. I would have to pick the best players at the time and someone like Dele Alli, and I would also mention Eric Dier – who I thought was really good [against France]. Redknapp went on to admit Hodgson should credit the former Southampton manager for the midfielder’s development since joining the north London club from Sporting in 2014. And what do you know, they uncovered what seems to be Mr. Ali’s old Myspace profile photo, which confirms that the chap at least was, a trillion times cooler than anyone could’ve imagined… I had licence to move and attack and I did that.

Alli broke a host of running records while at school with 800metres being his speciality.

“We have been showing there are young English players out there for the last two and a half years and have given them a chance – Sterling, Barkley, Luke Shaw, Jack Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain”.

“Sometimes it can sort of put a downer on it if you don’t get the result you want”. He won the Football League’s Young Player of the Year award that season, a deserved reward indeed. Long distance running I did quite well in. “He will obviously get a lot of praise for that performance, and he deserves a lot of praise”. Becoming one of Tottenham’s most exciting players this season.

“I went to a lot of England and Portugal games”. It was evident that he was too good for League One, but even so, nobody expected him to make the step up to Premier League football as quickly as he has managed.

Soccer matches around the country will go ahead in France this weekend in the wake of the deadly attacks in Paris to show that “life must go on”, France’s secretary of sport said.

‘I can’t argue with that (the bar has been raised),’ admitted the England manager after his fresh-faced team beat a subdued France 2-0 at the national stadium.