Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino is convinced Jay Rodriguez deserves a place in England's World Cup squad.
Rodriguez scored the winner at Crystal Palace and Pochettino backed him for a spot in Brazil.
"He has the talent, he has the skill to go with the English national side and play for the English national side," said the Saints boss.
"The call-up to the English national side by Roy Hodgson of Jay Rodriguez was deserved and to actually win your place you need to deserve your place to be going to the tournament.
"To be scoring goals as he did here he is definitely increasing his chances."
He added: "The goal showed what Jay Rodriguez is made of.
"It showed his quality, it showed his speed, it showed how great he is, it showed his technique and it showed it was fully deserved that he got the England call-up."
