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Arsenal legend Wright prefers Tottenham winger Townsend over Liverpool's Lallana

Ian Wright suggests England boss Roy Hodgson should start Andros Townsend in place of Adam Lallana.

The Tottenham winger replaced Liverpool's Raheem Sterling in the 66th minute of Sunday's 0-0 draw with the Republic of Ireland and Wright feels he provided plenty more for the Three Lions than that of Reds midfielder Lallana.

"I feel if you look at Andros' performance when coming on and he has that injection of pace and looks like he wants to get past people and created a couple of things," the Arsenal legend said on ITV.

"That is more needed than what Adam is adding."

England next meet Slovenia in a Euro2016 qualifier in Ljubljana on Saturday.

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