Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw has backed ‘best striker in the world’ Harry Kane to perform in the rest of Euro 2020. England drew 0-0 with Scotland on Friday night at Wembley in what proved to be a damp squib of an affair with chances few and far between. Despite his struggles in front of goal, Reds left-back Luke Shaw has lauded Kane and backed him to start firing for Gareth Southgate’s side.
Luke Shaw said: “No concern at all, for me personally I think he is the best striker in the world. He is a very important part of the team, in fact the most important part. I think whether he has not been at his best or not he is a massive part and a crucial player for us. We need him whether his performances are as people expected or not, but this happens in tournament football, you can score a goal at any moment and he is such a crucial player – not just on the pitch but off the pitch, he has got all of our backing and I’m not worried at all.”
Shaw was on the bench for England’s opener with Croatia on Sunday but was handed a start against Scotland in what he admits was a frustrating game for all the players.
Luke Shaw added: “There is no denying that there is a lot of disappointment. We would have liked to win the game but you have to look at it in the way of another point in the right direction. If it was the other way round, we drew with Croatia and won today it would have been four points still so we have to keep positive. I think there should always be expectation, the team we have, the talent is very strong. Of course, we can take the expectation but maybe it (the Scotland result) brought us back down to earth to make us realise it is not going to be easy. Our aim is to be here for seven games. We will sit down and watch the game back and analyse what we want to do better because there are things we could have done better as a team. Maybe in this game we weren’t at our best and that shows, but it is another clean sheet. We still have another big game on Tuesday and we have to forget about this one and be ready.”
