Former England captain Steven Gerrard has backed the Football Association to "get it right" with their next managerial appointment.

Gerrard, capped 114 times, said that pressure from the media created "huge fear" among the players.

But the 36-year-old insisted "it won't be long before fans are smiling again".

Regardless of who gets the job, ex-Liverpool captain Gerrard - now at LA Galaxy - has "every confidence" that the national team can take it "to the next level".

"The FA and the players and the new staff coming in will get it right," he said. "It will improve and it won't be too long before the fans are smiling again.

"This experience and this hurt will help all of those players moving forward because they won't want to experience it again.

"There's a huge fear amongst the group at the moment. The expectations are very, very high. But they will be used to it in years to come."