Alan Shearer’s thoughts on England vs Scotland

Coral football ambassador Alan Shearer sat down with Coral to give his England v Scotland thoughts ahead of the crunch clash at Wembley on Friday.

Shearer, who played against Scotland three times in his career, talks of the importance of the fixture as both nations aim to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

Read on to find out Shearer’s thoughts in this exclusive interview…

England v Scotland thoughts

I’d be a liar if I said I am confident that England will win this game. We only have to look back to the summer for a game where we were expected to win and we didn’t. Both of these teams have had much better teams than this in the past, but we are where we are and it doesn’t take away any of the rivalry which will be on full display at Wembley.

When you look at the reasons for not being beaten for both teams, it is a huge game. Gordon Strachan is under pressure to keep his job. They have not made a great start to their qualifying campaign so they can’t afford to keep dropping points.

As for England, there is no way they can lose to Scotland at Wembley after what happened in the Euros earlier in the year. England are top of their group, however they dropped points against Slovenia in their last game so they still have a lot of work if they are to finish top at the end of this campaign.