“Nothing about that was convincing” - Ex-Premier League star rates England performance as ‘average’ after FIFA World Cup QF win vs Norway

× Former Premier League striker Troy Deeney branded England's performance against Norway in the FIFA World Cup quarter-final as average. The Three Lions secured a 2-1 win in extra time to secure their place in the semi-finals against Argentina. Ad Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring for Norway in the 36th minute before Jude Bellingham equalised in the second minute of first-half stoppage time.

The Real Madrid superstar again found the back of the net in the 93rd minute firing Thomas Tuchel's side to the last four. However, Troy Deeney did not look convinced with England's performance against the Norwegians. He insisted that the Three Lions were average and lavished praise on Jude Bellingham for making the difference.

He said, as quoted by CBS Sports Golazo: Ad Trending "We are very very average. I'm sorry. We won.

Job done. Thank you very much. Norway, row your boat, off you pop, let's deal with some real stuff now.

But, that was not a convincing performance. If we're being totally honest, we get the job done. All the comments are going to be 'Ah!

England won! It's coming home, all of that.' But nothing about that was convincing.

We get into extra time and thankfully, we've got Jude Bellingham, again. That special something that, guy willing to take a risk." Ad England will take on Lionel Messi-led Argentina in the semi-final of the FIFA World Cup at the Atlanta Stadium on Wednesday, July 15.

The Albiceleste need extra time to win 3-1 against Switzerland in their quarter-final fixture. England set FIFA World Cup record with Jude Bellingham's brace in quarter-final win against Norway England have set a FIFA World Cup record with Jude Bellingham scoring a brace in their 2-1 win against Norway in the quarter-final. For the first time in history, two players from the same country have scored six goals each in the same edition of the tournament.

Ad Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane have both scored six goals in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. They are behind Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland in the race for Golden Boot. Both Messi and Mbappe have found the back of the net eight times in the FIFA World Cup so far.

Erling Haaland has scored seven goals but won't be able to add to his tally with Norway knocked out. The Three Lions have Argentina in their way if they have to reach their first World Cup final since 1966 when they won it. × Was this article helpful?

Thank You for feedback Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Snehanjan Banerjee Former Premier League striker Troy Deeney branded England's performance against Norway in the FIFA World Cup quarter-final as average. The Three Lions secured a 2-1 win in extra time to secure their place in the semi-finals against Argentina. Ad Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring for Norway in the 36th minute before Jude Bellingham equalised in the second minute of first-half stoppage time.

The Real Madrid superstar again found the back of the net in the 93rd minute firing Thomas Tuchel's side to the last four. However, Troy Deeney did not look convinced with England's performance against the Norwegians. He insisted that the Three Lions were average and lavished praise on Jude Bellingham for making the difference.

He said, as quoted by CBS Sports Golazo: Ad Trending "We are very very average. I'm sorry. We won.

Job done. Thank you very much. Norway, row your boat, off you pop, let's deal with some real stuff now.

But, that was not a convincing performance. If we're being totally honest, we get the job done. All the comments are going to be 'Ah!

England won! It's coming home, all of that.' But nothing about that was convincing.

We get into extra time and thankfully, we've got Jude Bellingham, again. That special something that, guy willing to take a risk." Ad England will take on Lionel Messi-led Argentina in the semi-final of the FIFA World Cup at the Atlanta Stadium on Wednesday, July 15.

The Albiceleste need extra time to win 3-1 against Switzerland in their quarter-final fixture. England set FIFA World Cup record with Jude Bellingham's brace in quarter-final win against Norway England have set a FIFA World Cup record with Jude Bellingham scoring a brace in their 2-1 win against Norway in the quarter-final. For the first time in history, two players from the same country have scored six goals each in the same edition of the tournament.

Ad Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane have both scored six goals in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. They are behind Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland in the race for Golden Boot. Both Messi and Mbappe have found the back of the net eight times in the FIFA World Cup so far.

Erling Haaland has scored seven goals but won't be able to add to his tally with Norway knocked out. The Three Lions have Argentina in their way if they have to reach their first World Cup final since 1966 when they won it. × Was this article helpful?

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