Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw took the centre-stage yet again.
The English star delivered another assist for his team against Iran and in the process, he has now contributed with five-goal involvements in the past five games for England. Gareth Southgate named Shaw in the starting XI for their first World Cup match against the Asian side. The 27-year-old put in a delicious cross from the left flank and Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham was present at the right place to head it in.
Statman Dave has now provided a statistic explaining Shaw’s impact since the Euros 2020.
Luke Shaw’s last 5 England appearances at a tournament:
🅰️ vs. Germany
🅰️🅰️ vs. Ukraine
❌ vs. Denmark
⚽ vs. Italy
🅰 vs. IranLoves the big stage. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/tWH7EjCv0e
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) November 21, 2022
The United defender’s wonderful run of assists started against Germany in the Euros round of 16 clashes. He provided two more assists for Harry Kane and Harry Maguire in the quarter-final win against Ukraine.
Shaw rounded off the campaign with a great goal against Italy in the Euro finals. The English star was at his usual best for his national side as he started the goal-scoring spree against Iran.
Bukayo Saka scored a brace, while Jack Grealish, Raheem Sterling and United star Marcus Rashford scored a goal each to round off a thumping 5-0 win.
Shaw will be looking forward to continuing his streak against the United States on Friday.
