Phil Foden thought he had tied the game for England, but his goal was overturned after VAR deemed he was offside prior to the pass

England once again had a goal correctly ruled out for a Phil Foden offside after they briefly thought they had found an equaliser in their knockout clash with Slovakia.

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Gareth Southgate’s side went 1-0 down to Ivan Schranz’s strike midway through another thoroughly below-par first half for England, with Slovakia deserving their lead.

That left England with a battle on their hands to breach a stubborn Slovakian defence, and their celebrations were short-lived when Foden found the net five minutes after the break.

The Manchester City midfielder had been caught in an offside position after getting onto Declan Rice’s pass and putting the ball across the face of goal for Bukayo Saka to tap in in England’s last group stage game against Slovenia.

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And he was again penalised after playing the finishing role this time around, needlessly drifting offside to receive Kieran Trippier’s square ball across the six yad box for Foden to tap home.

The goal was quickly ruled out, leaving England to start again in their battle to try and save their Euro 2024 campaign.