Embattled manager Gareth Southgate has offered a staunch defence of his England reign.

The Three Lions head coach is under serious pressure after their miserable run of performances and results in the UEFA Nations League this month.

England failed to win a single of their four Nations League A games against Hungary (twice), Italy, and Germany.

Their misery was compounded with a 4-0 home loss to Hungary on Tuesday.

Southgate said "I'm absolutely clear on why we ended up with the result we did. The pressure we've had as an England management team has come through the Nations League fixtures, like last time when we were managing minutes like a pre-season.

"This time where we were having to do similar. When we've had our full team, we've had historic results. We haven't had our full team. I've got evidence of the results we've had and the performances we've had and the way we've gone about those.

"I'm actually very clear. If I was a younger manager, I might be thinking: "Hang on a minute, what's gone wrong? How did that happen?"

"Well, I'm really clear on all of those things - and what would need to be right to make sure that nights like tonight don't happen again."