I think the problem is we don't have a functional engine type player to just put the effort in as a midfielder. Southgate just said directly we don't have a Phillips who was that player before.
It was interesting reading World Soccer's preview, both Bernardo Silva and Ruben Diaz had comments that were essentially "not the same player for the national team as at City" and I don't think it's easy to get players to do what they do for their clubs, Foden has never really looked it for England.
We made the changes and Watkins had his chance but even so the team still looked bad, there was something fundamentally wrong this evening.