Grinning England star Anthony Gordon accepts cycling survival kit gift from Mail Sport after bike ride crash threw him 10 foot in the air and left him with cuts at the Euros

England star Anthony Gordon was hilariously presented with a bicycle helmet and a pair of training wheels by Mail Sport photographer Kevin Quigley on Friday after the winger was killed in an accident in Germany earlier this week.

Gordon, who accepted the offer in good spirits, then explained how what had started as a “recovery bike ride” ended with his hands and face covered in cuts and scrapes.

At an official England press conference on Friday afternoon, two days after falling from his electric bike while circling the team’s training base in Blankenhain, Gordon still suffered a significant abrasion on his chin as he addressed the media.

But the 23-year-old Newcastle winger – who trained with his teammates earlier on Friday – also had a big smile on his face.

In response to the first question of the day, which was of course about his two-wheeler accident, Gordon said he lost control of his car while trying to make a video for his family.

Gordon blamed the crash on his inexperience with non-British bikes, after accidentally pressing the front brake, thinking it was the rear.

“We went on what was supposed to be a recovery bike ride,” said a grinning Gordon. “It was a beautiful day and I went down a hill.

‘I wanted to make a quick video for my family to show what I was doing, but before I knew it I was face down on the floor.

“I have a few scrapes and a few cuts, but it doesn’t hurt.”

He added: ‘They’re electric, so they’re obviously a lot faster than normal bikes. And in England the front brake is on the right. So I tried to press the left brake just to slow down and then the next minute… he hadn’t slowed down, he had come to a complete stop, and I hadn’t. I was 10 feet in the air, chin first.’

Gordon insisted the injuries he sustained in his fall were superficial and that he was still fully fit.

Gordon talked about what happened immediately after the crash: ‘I just kept going. I finished the bike ride and when I got back to camp I had to put on the stuff that really stung, that was the worst.

‘But luckily no one saw me and I certainly didn’t press the record button, so it did have some positive results.’

Shortly after receiving his gift from Quigley, Gordon defeated Mail Sports reporter Nik Simon in a quick game of darts.

Gordon – who has vowed to continue cycling despite his recent fall – will now hope to take part in a much more important match on Sunday by getting his first meaningful minutes of the European Championship when England take on Slovakia in the last 16.

He was an unused substitute in England’s first two games of the tournament before coming on for five minutes at the end of the 0-0 draw with Slovenia on Tuesday.

Phil Foden was the player who brought on Gordon in the dying seconds of the deadlock and the Manchester City star later returned to England to welcome the birth of his third child.

However, Foden has now flown back to Germany and can start against Slovakia on Sunday.