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Jordan Henderson: Ben White will have support of England players

John Murray, BBC Radio 5 Live football correspondent

What will be remembered about this match is Ben White.

This was the only match I have ever seen where an England player scored his first international goal for England at Wembley and was booed by a large minority of the crowd.

When he left the team in Qatar and went home for what were described as personal reasons, we never quite understood what it was.

There were stories of a dispute involving Gareth Southgate’s assistant Steve Holland. However, this was never confirmed by Gareth Southgate.

I thought last night might be the perfect opportunity for Ben White to put his head above the parapet. He made his comeback, he just scored his first goal. But as Thomas Tuchel said before the match – and we already know this – he described him as quite introverted, quite shy, and maybe he didn’t feel comfortable doing that.

But he will probably have to pick up the nettle and talk about it at some stage.

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