Roy Keane slams England star in scathing review of Greece upset: 'He's not going to change' | OneFootball

Manchester United legend blasted the Three Lions’ woeful display after shock Nations League loss at Wembley

Roy Keane issued a scathing assessment of England’s disastrous performance against Greece, reserving particular criticism for goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

The Under-21 boss named a strongly attacking lineup for the game against the Group B2 leaders, with the returning Jude Bellingham operating as a false nine in the absence of injured captain Harry Kane and the rest of England’s best attacking players in Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka, Anthony Gordon and Cole Palmer all crammed into a hopelessly unbalanced team that struggled to create chances and defended dreadfully throughout.

Stylish Greece - who paid tribute to the late George Baldock at Wembley - had the ball in the net five times in total on the night, with two counting as Benfica striker Vangelis Pavlidis scored shortly after half-time and then late in second-half stoppage time after Bellingham appeared to have spared England’s blushes with an equaliser.

It was England’s first-ever loss to Greece and first defeat in a competitive match at Wembley for the hosts for four years, with the likes of Keane and fellow ITV pundit Ian Wright pulling no punches in their assessment of a woeful display.

Keane was particularly critical of the performance of long-time No1 Pickford, commenting on Levi Colwill’s remarkable goal-line clearance in the first half: "What's he doing? Do it quickly. Brilliant defending, very unlucky by Greece but a lovely message for defenders - never give it up. He chased it and did brilliant. But not a good message from Pickford to send."

Assessing another clip, Wright said: “Here again, he looks all over the place. He gets caught in no man's land. It's very jittery, Pickford.

Scathing: Roy Keane did not hold back with his assessment of England’s display against Greece

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Keane, who has been critical of Pickford in the past for England and Everton, then added: "That will always be there with Pickford. He's not going to change now."

The ITV pundits were withering in their assessment of England’s defending for both Greece goals, with Keane saying of the first: “I think this sums up England’s performance. You’ve got the bodies, but no one actually doing their job properly. ‘Are you gonna do it, am I gonna do it?’ How can this happen?

On England’s performance as a whole, Keane said: "We go back to the basics of the game. The words over the last month or two about England have been freedom and style and attacking players.

"Freedom is the new buzzword, obviously. It's the new garlic bread. But you still have to do the basics of football. You have to defend properly and urgency... England didn’t seem to have any.

“Why do they get urgency when they go 1-0 down? You see them taking set-pieces... and that was a big disappointment for England tonight as well.

“Over the last few years you’re thinking, their set-piece delivery and the way they were attacking the ball was so poor, and the basics in terms of wanting to defend, having a bit of pride.”