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Southgate delighted for Chelsea left-back Chilwell after 'tough summer'

England manager Gareth Southgate was delighted for Ben Chilwell after his goal against Andorra on Sunday.

The Chelsea left-back did not play a minute of football at Euro 2020, with Southgate preferring Manchester United star Luke Shaw.

Chilwell scored the first goal in Saturday's 5-0 win over Andorra, and Southgate was pleased with his performance.

"There were some nice moments, for Chilly (Chilwell) to get a goal after having such a tough time in the summer with us, I'm really pleased for him," Southgate told ITV.

"Jack's (Grealish) first goal, Tammy, Prowsey (Ward-Prowse), Bukayo (Saka) - they are all players who haven't scored that often for England so it's a special moment for all of them.

"It was a very specific challenge, a low packed defence and we picked a team with players in it who could take that challenge on. You saw that with the link play in midfield especially."

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