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England ratings vs Spain: Harry Kane rues penalty miss as defender scores 3/10

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Smith, D. (2026, September 26). England ratings vs Spain: Harry Kane rues penalty miss as defender scores 3/10. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/england-ratings-spain-kane-guehi-gordon-b1298513.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-09-26 · by Dom Smith

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England lost to Spain in a match where Harry Kane missed a crucial penalty and scored his first goal against Spain earlier. The game saw Spain score three goals with assists from Alex Baena and Mikel Oyarzabal. England’s Anthony Gordon was rated highly for his performance and scored the equalizer, while other players like Marc Guehi received low ratings due to defensive errors.
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Based on the provided articles, here's a summary of key information regarding England's upcoming UEFA Nations League match against Spain:

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The game promises to be a high-stakes affair, as it's not only the start of the UEFA Nations League campaign but also an opportunity for both teams to build momentum ahead of major tournaments like EURO 2028. With key players on both sides unavailable due to injuries, tactical adjustments and player rotations will play crucial roles in determining the outcome.

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🔮 Asked whether he had already decided earlier in the week that he would be starting Estevao against United, Alonso said: “You ask me, but sometimes I can't give you all the info.
🔮 Romeo Lavia was only told on Friday that he would be starting but was the outstanding individual for Chelsea on a day when there was initially nervousness detectable from the home fans after successive defeats by Tottenham and Liverpool, which had wiped some of the sheen off the honeymoon period for manager Xabi Alonso.
🔮 Wesley Fofana 4 The worst player in a Chelsea shirt once again, though he did improve in the second half after a first 45 minutes that exposed him defensively. Read More Levi Colwill 6 Got his head to a few crosses and was disciplined defensively for the Blues.
🔮 Henderson’s absence is not the only surprise on the team-sheet, with Estevao handed a rare start and Marco Palestra set to make his full Premier League debut.
🔮 Michael Carrick will be desperate for a positive result to ease the enormous pressure on his job, having surprisingly been offered a stay of execution despite heavy defeats by Como and Bournemouth over the past 10 days that continued a wretched start to the season and appeared to leave his position untenable.
🔮 The duo could again partner one another against Spurs at Stamford Bridge.
🔮 Chelsea remain interested in the Guernsey-born 23-year-old, who Bournemouth say they are willing to sell in January for around £100million if they are looking likely at that point to stave off Premier League relegation.
🔮 Only do what you can do right because if you do something bad then it will only be negative on you.”
🔮 Maybe in the transfer window I was a little bit crazy, because I wanted to solve things here.
🔮 It left Harry Maguire, 33, expected to start in the Premier League and Champions League multiple times a week.
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Barcelona England Manchester City Spain

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England GPE · 4× Spain GPE · 4× Kane PERSON · 3× Yamal PERSON · 2× Alex Baena PERSON · 1× Dom Smith PERSON · 1× Ezri Konsa PERSON · 1× James Trafford PERSON · 1× Jarell Quansah PERSON · 1× Mikel Oyarzabal PERSON · 1×

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Dom Smith was at Wembley to rate the England players’ performances… James Trafford 5 Out of his goal decisively to make an early save but conceded three times and was not always on song with his distribution. Jarell Quansah 5 Joined in with attacks and was generally solid.
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2026-09-26 · Evening Standard
England ratings vs Spain: Harry Kane rues penalty miss as defender scores 3/10 · assertive framing

Claims (14 extracted, 0 hedged)

But Kane then hit the bar with a penalty, and Spain came roaring back to win thanks to goals from Alex Baena and Mikel Oyarzabal. asserted
Spain → hit → Baena
Dom Smith was at Wembley to rate the England players’ performances… James Trafford 5 Out of his goal decisively to make an early save but conceded three times and was not always on song with his distribution. Jarell Quansah 5 Joined in with attacks and was generally solid. asserted
Smith → rate → attacks
Ezri Konsa 4 Part of an England backline that shipped three goals, and didn’t cover himself in glory. asserted
that → ship → glory
Marc Guehi 3 Not a good night from the Manchester City man, whose terrible backpass gifted Yamal the opener in the second minute. asserted
backpass → gift → minute
Nico O’Reilly 5 Did OK and used his physicality when he needed to. asserted
he → do → physicality
Elliot Anderson 5 Worked very hard but Spain too easily bypassed him in midfield. asserted
Spain → work → midfield
Myles Lewis-Skelly 6 Fitted in well in midfield, a physical presence who also got a couple of shots off. asserted
who → fit → shots
Bukayo Saka 6 Worked incredibly hard, making space to shoot a number of times and coming close to The best player on the pitch, alongside Yamal. asserted
Saka → work → Yamal
Assisted Gordon, won the penalty Kane missed, and was absolutely everywhere. asserted
Kane → assist → penalty
Read More Anthony Gordon 7 A constant thorn in Spain’s side, the Barcelona winger ran them ragged and scored England’s fantastic equaliser when he ran through and calmly converted. asserted
he → read → equaliser
Harry Kane 5 Scored his first career goal against Spain to put England ahead with a heavily deflected header but was unable to make it 3-1, slipping at the crucial moment and hitting a penalty against the bar, uncharacteristically. asserted
Kane → score → bar
Subs: James Garner (Lewis-Skelly, 70’) 5 Found himself in an unfamiliar position late on and his cross was poor. asserted
cross → find → position
Morgan Rogers (Rogers, 70’) 4 Didn’t manage to make much of an impact when he came on, despite intense pressing. asserted
he → manage → pressing
One very poor cross ballooned out of play. asserted
cross → balloon → play
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