‘England want history, not plaudits’

Raheem Sterling

Raheem Sterling says England want to make history by winning the 2022 World Cup after an agonising defeat in the final of Euro 2020.

The Three Lions were a penalty shoot-out away from winning a first trophy since the 1966 World Cup before being edged out by Italy at Wembley in July.

"You still have people saying congratulations or something and it's like...there's not much to congratulate as we didn't win," the Manchester City forward told Sky Sports.

"That's the great thing within the squad, we're not happy with doing well and putting on a show for the country, we genuinely wanted to come home with that trophy and that's the mentality in the squad now. It was class, we went to the final but we want to win, we want to make history, and I think that's the message since day one when Gareth [Southgate] came in."

Southgate's men could secure World Cup qualification by next week with victories over Andorra and Hungary allied to results in other games going their way.

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