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Tottenham winger Townsend: No time to reflect on England debut

Tottenham winger Andros Townsend admits he's still pinching himself over his England debut.

Townsend was outstanding for Friday's win over Montenegro.

He told tottenhamhotspur.com: "It hasn't sunk in at the moment and I haven't allowed it to because we've got another big game on Tuesday.

"That's the best thing, to keep my feet on the ground and try not to get carried away.

"I didn't really think about it, about how big it was, I was excited to get my first start and determined to make the most of it.

"It was only afterwards that I thought how big a game it was for England, if we hadn't won it we wouldn't have been in prime position to qualify automatically for the World Cup and that would have been unbelievable."

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