Spain expose England's flaws in heavy defeat that 'hurts'

With a twelvemonth to spell until the World Cup starts successful Brazil, this was a concerning scoreline that gives Wiegman plentifulness to ponder.

Facing satellite champions Spain distant is arguably the toughest trial successful football, but to suffer truthful comfortably was not an casual watch.

Former England midfielder Fran Kirby said Wiegman's players looked "deflated" astatine full-time and she "hurt conscionable watching it".

"They volition larn from it, and they person to emergence up to enactment successful a bully show against Ukraine," Kirby told BBC Radio 5 Live.

Just the apical squad from their radical automatically qualifies for the World Cup and adjacent if England bushed Ukraine connected Tuesday they volition apt miss out, with this decision by Spain the lone blotch connected their different coagulated campaign.

So what harm did the 4-0 decision person connected England?

"Of course, it's not a large scoreline. It's hard, it's disappointing, and I deliberation determination was a quality - a large quality - betwixt ourselves and Spain," added Wiegman.

"We reappraisal this, recover, instrumentality together, play a bully crippled and past determination forward.

"We cognize if we suffice [automatically] that there's a antithetic mentation than if we don't qualify. Let's archetypal spot what happens connected Tuesday."

England midfielder Keira Walsh, who captained the broadside successful the lack of injured centre-back Leah Williamson, conceded they "just weren't bully enough".

"Spain played incredibly good but I deliberation determination are a batch of things we could person done better. It felt similar they had bodies everywhere," said Walsh.

"It was precise hard to get retired of our ain box. I don't person solutions close now. Obviously we'll look backmost but close present the emotions are precise high.

"It was a disappointing game. We've inactive got a tiny accidental to suffice automatically. It's retired of our hands. We tin anticipation Iceland bash america a favour."