Why I substituted Phil Foden after 11 minutes of being introduced against Italy - England coach, Gareth Southgate

Phil Foden, who was replaced 11 minutes after coming on in England's 2-1 victory over Italy, was amenable to the move, according to Gareth Southgate.

Due to goals from Harry Kane and Declan Rice on Thursday night, Southgate's Three Lions defeated the current European champions.

The last 10 minutes of the game required Southgate's team to fight to win with only 10 players, so it wasn't all smooth sailing for them.

Fullback for Man United Foden had barely been on the field for 11 minutes when Luke Shaw was sent off for receiving a second yellow card of the game.

While Southgate has stated that the Man City winger was understanding of the situation, there were rumors that it may have created some tension inside the England camp.

In the 69th minute of the game, when England had led 2-1, Foden was substituted in for Manchester City teammate Jack Grealish.

Nevertheless, his time on the field was brief since Newcastle full-back Kieran Trippier quickly took his position.

The Three Lions held on to win thanks in part to the substitution, and Southgate afterwards lauded his team's efforts that evening.

The Metro quotes Southgate as saying: No, he [Foden] came up to me and said “I know, I get it” – he knew exactly what we needed to do.

‘You obviously don’t want to do that but we needed to get the full-back on.

‘And we felt the change of the shape with them having to play around us but with enough bodies to deal with crosses but with wing-backs to stop those crosses was the right way to get around that.’