Sir Trevor Brooking, the FA's former director of football development: On whether it would have been better for England manager Roy Hodgson not to make public the reasons for Raheem Sterling being left out of the team:

"Raheem's problem is he's the outstanding current player for Liverpool and for his country so suddenly everyone assumes he's an automatic selection. In the second game, if he had not started him everyone would have asked: 'Why is he not playing?'

"Roy tends to be open and honest so this one has come back to bite. What's been unfair during the week is it's almost grown to where they say: 'He didn't want to play' - which is a nonsense.

"He played in the U17 World Cup, he always turned up for the team, he likes playing for England, he's played well for us in the different age groups and is going to be a top player for us moving forward.

"You've got to remember he came on for 20 minutes and got the free-kick which gave England the win. He's a key man for both teams at the moment - that's the problem."