Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has no doubts Jordan Henderson will shake off his form jitters.
Henderson, 20 made his senior bow in the 2-1 Wembley friendly defeat by France in November and has since experienced a form slump.
Black Cats boss Bruce said: "It's the first time he's had a little dip in the 18 months or so since he became a regular in our side.
"He's set remarkably high standards for himself.
"He hasn't been poor or anything like that but maybe the England thing caught up with him a bit."
Despite the blip, Brucie is confident the 6ft 2ins midfielder will soon be back to his best, saying: "I've every confidence he'll be fine.
"People are watching him closely now because he's an England player - he's been put on a pedestal.
"I'd expect the big clubs to be monitoring him.
"It has happened to me before with Antonio Valencia when I was at Wigan.''
