Tuesday 21 June 2016 13:07, UK
Roy Hodgson says England will fear no one in the knockout stages of Euro 2016 and are on the verge of dishing out "a tough result".
Monday night's goalless draw with Slovakia condemned Hodgson's side to second place in Group B and a last-16 tie with the Group F runners-up - one of Portugal, Hungary, Iceland or Austria.
England had 30 shots on goal in Saint-Etienne as they dominated for the third game in succession, but failure to win two of those games has left them open to accusations they lack a killer instinct.
Hodgson's decision to make six changes was also on the agenda in the post-match press conference, but the England boss came out fighting on both counts.
"We're not doomed yet," he said. "We can't do much more, we dominated the game from start to finish, we had so many chances and one day we will put them away. I can't fault the effort and work of the players.
"It is a little bit embarrassing - it has been attack versus defence in all three games and I never thought I'd see England dominate three games like we have done.
"Sooner or later we will get the reward for our play. Someone might find themselves on the end of a tough result. Soon we will make someone pay.
"We will be criticised for not taking chances, I can't deny that, but I think the time will come when we will take those goal chances, and some team will be on the end of that fairly soon.
"But we'll wait and see; we're in the knockout phase which is where we wanted to be."
France, the hosts and favourites, are now potential quarter-final opponents, but Hodgson said: "I'm not frightened of anyone.
"If we do end up playing France it'll be interesting. They'll be asking questions of us when we get the ball and we might be able to show we are quite a good counter-attacking team."
Hodgson started Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge and was perplexed by criticism of his selection after widespread praise for introducing both from the bench during last week's win over Wales.
"The 'six changes' amuses me," he said. "We finished the game against Wales with Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge up front and people said that was positive. Now it suddenly becomes six with those two starting."
And in response to a question about Wayne Rooney's omission he said: "You're saying that had Wayne started, he would have scored the goals the others missed from his left half [midfield] position? Wayne and Dele Alli and Harry Kane came on and created chances.
Hodgson also faced questions for the first time about a possible penalty shoot-out in the knockout stages, and he said: "They get taken every day [in training], so we'll wait and see. Penalties in training, and penalties in front of a lot of people... that's two different things as we in England know.
"We're not doomed to penalties, we're not doomed to not take our chances. If the team continues to play with the intensity and domination we've shown in these three games we're capable of winning a game in normal time."
Hodgson also defended Jack Wilshere, who took over Rooney's midfield role but was substituted in the 55th minute.
"I realise his performance hasn't been too highly rated in the mass media. I've picked up on that one fairly early doors," he said.
"I think he's a very good footballer and will be a very important member of our troop and squad. If we can stay beyond the next round, I think you'll be speaking of him in a different light because that's the player he is."
