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Newcastle striker Wilson: England pal Grealish owes me one

England striker Callum Wilson has joked Jack Grealish now owes him thanks to Wilson's unselfishness in their previous game against Iran.

The Three Lions claimed a comfortable 6-2 group stage win at the World Cup against the Iranians on Monday.

As they prepare to take on USA on Friday, Wilson joked about how he unselfishly passed the ball for Grealish to score into a virtually empty goal for England's sixth goal in the game.

He told the Lion's Den: "As I'm running through on goal, I've took a touch, looked up and I could see everyone running back. The goalie has just narrowed the angle, I took another touch and looked again, and thought it's tight here.

"It's one of them I could guarantee a goal or go for it myself. I made the decision in that moment to square it, and Jack owes me one! It's a strange one because if the game was different, I would have played that same scenario out again. I think I made the right decision in that moment, albeit we were 5-1 up and I had every right to go for goal."

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