On the plus side, Lee Carsley now has a ready-made reply the next time he's asked if all of England's best young attackers can fit into the same team. The downside for the interim manager is that in finding out the answer he might have dented his prospects of getting the job full-time.

Lee Carsley ran into the first problems of his tenure as England's interim coach after a bold team selection backfired in a 2-1 home loss to Greece in the Nations League.

The obvious reaction to England's shock 2-1 defeat by Greece on Thursday would be to blame the radical selection of stand-in coach Lee Carsley, but the key moments came not in the crowded midfield but when England had numbers galore at the back.

Lee Carsley said he would be happy to return to his old job as England Under-21s manager after a chastening 2-1 defeat to Greece at Wembley Stadium. Carsley is in interim charge of the England senior team and last night oversaw a defeat that would appear to dent his chances of being appointed to the job permanently.

The Three Lions look set to start Thursday's clash at Wembley without Harry Kane.

Greece beat England for the first time as Vangelis Pavlidis struck twice in a deserved 2-1 victory in Nations League Group B2 at Wembley on Thursday.

A 94th-minute winner by Vangelis Pavlidis gave Greece a 2-1 victory on Thursday against England in a Nations League clash overshadowed by the death

Thursday night's Nations League defeat brought England crashing back to Earth after a promising set of September results

Lee Carsley ran into the first problems of his tenure as England’s interim coach after a bold team selection backfired in a 2-1 home loss to Greece in the Nations League on Thursday.

England interim coach Lee Carsley was made to look the fool for failing to start a striker after Greece claimed a famous 2-1 win at Wembley. The Three Lions were outclassed with Carsley getting his tactics all wrong with Greece having the ball in the back of the net five times - with three ruled out for offside.