Christian Eriksen thinks Denmark deserved to beat England in Thursday night’s Group C showdown in Frankfurt.
The Danes battled back after falling behind to a Harry Kane opener and Morten Hjulmand’s thunderbolt ensured a share of the points and meant all four teams could still qualify for the Round of 16 going into Tuesday’s final matches.
Christian Eriksen's game by numbers vs. England:
100% dribbles completed
100% duel win rate
29 passes completed
5/5 duels won
4 chances created
4/4 tackles won
3 shotsEriksen has created more chances (11) than any other player at Euro 2024. ⚡️🇩🇰 pic.twitter.com/45j1Pz8zWR
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“We felt like if there was a team who deserved to win, it was us,” Eriksen told BBC Sport. “We didn’t get the win but for us it was a better game than (Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Slovenia).
“I don’t think England surprised us in any way. We know they have exceptional players. I think we hurt them with the chances we had in the game – I think we should have won instead of getting a draw.
“(Harry Kane) is always around in the box and gets all the ugly goals, but to come back with a perfect strike from Morten kept us in the game, gave us a bit of belief afterwards, it’s just unfortunate we didn’t take the belief through to score more goals.”
Denmark face Serbia on Tuesday afternoon and Eriksen added: “We still have a game to go, we need a win against Serbia, there is nothing else for us.
“It was a good game (against England) and good progress from the last game but we need to take the belief into the next game and take the three points.”
