Gareth Southgate becomes the first England manager in 30 years to start THREE overseas-based players – after Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Jordan Henderson lined up against Ukraine

Gareth Southgate’s team selection in Wroclaw on Saturday evening made him the first England manager since Graham Taylor to start with three foreign players 30 years ago.

England drew 1-1 with Ukraine in their Euro 2024 qualifying match, with defenders Oleksandr Zinchenko and Kyle Walker scoring for their respective countries.

England dominated possession but lacked creativity, and it was a moment of brilliance from captain Harry Kane that unleashed the Ukrainian defense.

Kane dropped deep to the halfway line before whipping a through ball into the onrushing Walker, who showed great composure to score his first goal for England.

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England’s draw ends their winning run in Euro 2024 qualifiers in a group with Italy, Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta.

Southgate played alongside Kane (Bayern Munich), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) and Jordan Henderson (Al-Ettifaq) against Ukraine.

The England boss replicated Taylor’s team for a World Cup qualifier against Norway in June 1993, when Serie A was the dominant force in Europe and the Premier League was only 12 months old.

However, Taylor’s Italy-based trio of Des Walker (Sampdoria), David Platt (Juventus) and Paul Gascoigne (Lazio) did not bring the manager much luck as England were defeated 2-0 in Oslo and failed to qualify for the final of the next year in America.

Since then, a few isolated Three Lions have played abroad – including David Beckham, Steve McManaman and Jadon Sancho – but until now they have not formed much of a contingent in the England team.