Gareth Southgate’s England failed to beat World Cup rivals USA (Picture: Getty)

Gareth Southgate has urged his England players to ignore the ‘external noise’ after they were booed off following a drab draw with USA at the World Cup.

‘Of course I want our fans to go home happy but unfortunately we couldn’t do that,’ Southgate said. ‘People are going to react how they are going to react.

‘The objective is to qualify and we have three games to do it. We have to stay calm in this moment. There will be external noise and we will have another layer of that I’m sure.’

The Three Lions boss added: ‘To come off the high of the other day and find the same quality was always going to be a challenge.

‘I thought we controlled the game really well. Our two centre backs were absolutely outstanding with the ball. Yes, we lacked a bit of zip and quality in the final third.

‘But we had to show another sign of ourselves without the ball. To be a successful team in the tournament you have to show a lot of faces.

‘I am sure there will be a lot of noise but not a lot of teams get nine points in the group. The players were very down and disappointed but I told them that isn’t how it is going to be over the next few days.’

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