'We want bravery but not stupidity': What Gareth Southgate said of John Stones and England's defensive mistakes back in 2016... three years before blunders cost Three Lions in Nations League semi-final England lost 3-1 to Holland in the Nations League semi-finals on Thursday Goals from Marcus Rashford and Matthijs de Ligt took the game to extra-time A terrible mistake from John Stones allowed the Dutch to take the lead An error from Ross Barkley let Quincy Promes seal his side's victory
By Spencer Morgan For Mailonline
Published: 23:36 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 23:36 BST, 6 June 2019
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Two horrendous errors cost England a place in the Nations League final, something Gareth Southgate feared could happen back in 2016.
Goals from Marcus Rashford and Matthijs de Ligt took the match to extra-time in Guimaraes before the Three Lions threw the game away, John Stones and Ross Barkley gifting the Dutch goals.
Both came as a result of poor decision-making at the back, Stones dispossessed, resulting in a Kyle Walker own goal, and Ross Barkley accidentally passing the ball back to Memphis Depay to tee up Quincy Promes to
