Lee Carsley stood in respectful silence as his players sang God Save the King in Dublin
Interim England manager Lee Carsley stood in respectful silence as his players sang God Save the King ahead of their Nations League clash with the Republic of Ireland on Saturday.
READ MORE: Declan Rice’s goal for England against Ireland is a first in world football since 2011 - and a real collector's item All the England players appeared to sing along amid raucous boos from the home fans, while many of the 2,981 travelling supporters chanted throughout the Irish anthem.He said: “This is something that I always struggled with when I was playing for Ireland – the gap between your warm-up, your coming on to the pitch and the delay with the anthems. So it’s something that I have never done.
Starmer said: “I will sing the national anthem and we are having a fantastic reset of relations between Ireland and the UK, but the Taoiseach and I have already agreed that for 90 minutes we will suspend the reset and put more energy into it afterwards because we will be cheering on different sides.Asked then if he was not concerned about Carsley’s choice, the Prime Minister added: “I know what I will be doing and I will be singing it.
“Whatever Carsley’s reasons, he should have the support of every democrat and everyone concerned about freedom of speech.”
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