With #England trailing #Wales 1-0 at half-time of this Euro 2016 Group B encounter, #Daniel Sturridge was introduced from the bench.
The striker first played his part in the Three Lions’ equaliser, as he provided the cross from which Jamie Vardy would cancel out Gareth Bale’s opener. That goal came early in the second half and England then piled on the pressure in search of the winner.
And, as the clock ticked into stoppage time, it was Sturridge who produced as he provided the creative spark by beginning a sequence of play that concluded with him squeezing home an instinctive, improvised close-range finish.
“We knew if we didn’t win that game we were probably out. I came on at half-time and I was doing some wild, wild shots,” #Sturridge recently told the Sunday Times.
“But then, when I think about that goal, I don’t even remember the moments where it all happened. I just remember the very start and then me celebrating. The bit in between I couldn’t tell you about.
“I had to watch it on video to see how it happened, how I got in on goal. I had no idea my shot was like that, it was almost a toe-poke type vibe. Everything was a blur.
“When you’re in that flow, that’s the place you want to be.”
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