But why? Why would he risk sabotaging his own moment of glory/redemption by doing that? Seems too out of character for me.I can see exactly that and that’s why he should resign
Saka is a kid and very inexperienced and I fell sorry for him but not Rashford who showboated and made himself look a complete prat
Saka in the build up may have been full of youthful naivety and carefree attitude, and then the occasion of it all hit him once it was decided and too late. In this case I think a fair criticism of Southgate would be that he should have seen through that and not just taken Saka at face value, however it's all speculation and so that scenario may be miles wide of the mark too.
What I do know though, is that Southgate would have to be an absolute idiot to stubbornly put Saka on 5th pen just because he said so, over more experienced heads. There has to be some reason for it, some reason why someone like Sterling wasn't forcing his way ahead of the teenager who has 1 full season of experience playing for a mid-table nothing club...
I don't think he's a great, or even good, Manager, but I don't think he's a complete moron either.