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On the one hand, the England manager did not sing the national anthem - on the other, the representative from the people’s republic of Merseyside did.

Swings and roundabouts, and all that.

The jeers that accompanied God Save the King - minus the Lee Carsley vocals - inside the Aviva Stadium is a familiar sound to Trent Alexander-Arnold but, often, the boos are from fellow scousers.

Alexander-Arnold sang along though, having not had enough chances to do so during his career.

Oh, and his refusal to give Anthony Gordon more than a few minutes of game-time at the Euros.

This encouraging England performance - albeit against an extremely limited Irish team and albeit for only one half of football - felt like a fresh start for three players who, over differing lengths of time, never truly convinced Southgate of their worth.

Gordon did not have too much time to convince the ex-boss but Alexander-Arnold was given his debut by Southgate well over six years ago(

Trent Alexander-Arnold impressed for England in theri win over the Republic of Ireland(

Let’s talk about his pass to Gordon that should have given the Newcastle forward his first England goal - and Trent the assist of the season - but did lead to the Declan Rice opener anyway.

Even in Alexander-Arnold’s repertoire of Hollywood balls, this beauty was a thing of wonder, a 40-yarder fizzed with a hint of slice that mocked Irish attempts to intercept.

But Gordon only getting six minutes - at the tail-end of a shocking match against Slovenia - was strange.

In the same way Alexander-Arnold did, in the same way most England players did, Gordon took his foot off the gas and made a hash of one very presentable breakaway option and was hooked late in proceedings.

But Gordon reminded people what Carsley, the player’s biggest champion at under-21 level, has long known - he offers a dangerous outlet for the likes of Alexander-Arnold.

While Gordon and a raft of others were substituted by Carsley, Alexander-Arnold made it until the final whistle
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