The Three Lions and the Azzurri played a heavy impasse in the Nations League in front of empty stands as Southgate experimented against the inexperienced European champions in the Nations League. England saw enough ball, especially in the second half, but once again found it difficult to break a persistent defense. After seeing Tammy Abraham fight for service, Southgate admitted that his team needed to find other sources of targets. “We are very dependent on Harry and Rahim for our goals and other players have to enter this space,” he told Channel 4. “A lot of them do it with their clubs, but internationally at the moment they have not been able to turn it around, so we looked dangerous without scoring the goals we need in the biggest games.” England 0-0 Italy: Nations League standings draw Molineux However, Southgate insisted he was happy with the overall performance and believes the lack of people had an impact on the game. “I do not understand how you can (call it careful) because we were trying to pass the ball to a very good and well-organized team,” said the England coach. “We have the ball in our front players and we gave it to all the players and we tried to renew it because we know the situation of the season we are in. “So I think at the moment there is not a bit of clarity in the last third, but I was happy with the overall performance.” He added: “You can not ignore the fact that when you push really – and I thought that in the second half we were a much better team, you do not have people to help you or put the opposing team under pressure and it makes a huge difference in the team.” When asked who he thought was performing well at Molineux, Southgate said: “Today I thought Aaron Ramsdale did very well, made some very important saves and I thought his composure with the ball was exactly what we had hoped for. “I thought Bukayo (Saka) also did very well and was really happy to have suffered a minor injury and that will give us more depth in this area of ​​the pitch. “I thought James Ward-Prowse did well today, he used the ball well, he controlled the game, his passes were good, so I think there were some positive elements from the players that we had to take a look at. “I thought Tammy (Abraham) was fine, I would like to see this opportunity go straight to the start, but that was probably how we felt we needed to freshen up the three players when we did, but I was not unhappy with Tammy. performance at all. “