Former England boss Roy Hodgson, who resigned immediately after the Euro exit to Iceland, appeared at a press conference on Tuesday to admit he is still recovering from the team's exit from Euro 2016.

It was also apparent that Hodgson was a reluctant attendee with the media as he tackled the questioning.

"I don't really know what I'm doing here but I was told it's important for me to appear as everyone is still smarting," he told reporters after being asked about his emotions in the opening question.

"I'm very fragile today as you can understand. We believed if we got to the quarter-final we could even further than that and we maintain that wretched knockout record," he said.

"I am really disappointed. I did not see the defeat coming. Nothing in the first three games we played here gave me any indication we would play as poorly as we did.

"The emotions are too raw and it's too early to say. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Before last night's game the performances haven't given me any causes for concern bar taking our changes."

He was also disappointed with stories that England's senior players had lost faith in him.

"If it was true then they disguised it very well from myself and the coaching staff," he said.

"We had no indication from the players that they were anything but behind what we were doing and behind the game plan and they tried hard to execute that.

"In the game against Slovakia we dominated the game from start to finish and all we could be accused of from a critical point of view was that we didn't take our chances."

Hodgson also declined to reveal what was said in the dressing room at half-time and full-time against Iceland.

"I don't think that's a matter for the public, what's said in the dressing room, stays in the dressing room."

As to the pressures of being an England manager: "It is a difficult job. It is not an impossible job.

"It is getting easier because there are more good young players coming through.

"We showed signs of good football in the first three games which gave us confidence but last night we didn't reproduce.

"Players are more resilient than coaches because they always have another training session to look forward to or another match

"They didn't play badly last night because they didn't care. They didn't play well last night because sometimes that happens.

"I do understand that there will be fierce criticism of England for leaving the tournament at this early stage.

"One particularly bad game has caused a lot of damage to me personally, to the team and to the team going forward, because they've got a bridge to repair."