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England player ratings in the defeat to Iceland

The England players who represented Roy Hodgson in what proved his final match in charge will always be remembered for one of the worst ever collective performances by the national team.

But how did they fare individually?

England's defeat to Iceland will go down in history as one of the country's worst results. Credit: PA

JOE HART: England's number one was embarrassed by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson as Iceland took a shock first-half lead - a goal that proved decisive. 3

KYLE WALKER: Back in the team after being rested against Slovakia but was a shadow of that player and guilty for the equalising goal but still ran willingly. 5

GARY CAHILL: Did his best to keep the Icelandic forward line at bay but looked overrawed at times. 5

CHRIS SMALLING: The Manchester United centre-back struggled in Nice but was by no means the worst player. 5

DANNY ROSE: The marauding left-back replaced Ryan Bertrand but was unable to play with the freedom displayed in the first two group matches. 5

ERIC DIER: One of just four England players to start all four matches so far and a key member of the line-up. Very surprising to see him withdrawn at half-time. 6

DELE ALLI: Restored to the starting line-up and came close to scoring. Was not the decisive player he should have been and looked out of his depth in the second half. 3

WAYNE ROONEY: England's all-time top goalscorer and captain produced a poor display in Nice. Passing was all over the place. 3

RAHEEM STERLING: Questions over form and mindset were ignored by Hodgson, but aside from winning the penalty he did precious little. 5

HARRY KANE: Looked leggy in the opening two matches and fared little better in Nice, getting away efforts without too much conviction. Dire set pieces yet again. 3

DANIEL STURRIDGE: Preferred on the right of the front three ahead of Adam Lallana, struggled to make an impact or pose any consistent threat to Iceland. 3

SUBSTITUTES:

JACK WILSHERE (for Dier, 45): A surprising half-time move that had precious little impact. 4

JAMIE VARDY (for Sterling, 60): An inspired substitute against Wales, the Leicester striker only hinted at the threat he could have posed the Iceland backline. 5

MARCUS RASHFORD (for Rooney, 86): Brought on as a last roll of the dice and looked livelier in eight minutes than any of the attackers who started. 7

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