Cesc slams England's negative tactics

Cesc Fabregas has accused England of parking the bus during Saturday's friendly defeat of Spain.

The former Arsenal skipper played the second half and wasted a great chance to equalise in the closing minutes,

Fabregas said:  "At the end of the day, you want teams to have a go at you and test you and see what happens.

"We knew, especially after we saw the first XI that they put in, that they were going to defend basically the whole game.

"Even when they were winning, they had (Danny) Welbeck up front alone and everyone just defending.

"But this is the way they want to play and it worked for them."

Fabregas added: "We dominated the game and we made England defend nearly the whole 90 minutes.

"We played two completely different styles of football.

"The more defensive one won but we know that the only way they could score was from a free-kick or a corner and we conceded a not very intelligent free-kick there.

"We paid for it but, basically, we are happy because we played very well."

Fabregas laughed off talk that England's tactics could have overcome Spain in a meaningful game.

He said: "Nearly every team we've played now plays like that and we qualified with maximum points. In friendlies, it's true that's sometimes we don't go with the same mentality as the important games.

"We always suffer a little bit more in friendly games and we change a lot of players and it's completely different.

"But we are trying our best and hopefully we will be ready for the Euros.

"You cannot even compare the situation today and an important game like the Euros."