Jordan Henderson was asked about who he'd like to face, should England make it into the quarter-finals of the World Cup and the Liverpool skipper said that he is only concerned about Senegal at the moment.
“Honestly I don’t want to sound boring but I don’t care who we could get in the quarter-finals, it's all about Senegal, the round of 16 and hopefully we are still here next week and we can talk about the next round,” Henderson said. "But until then we are 100 per cent focused on Senegal.
“I don’t think that [underestimating them] will be a danger for us as a team.
“We know any World Cup game, whether group stage, qualifiers, knockout stages like we are in now, it will be a really tough, especially against a team who are African champions and are a very, very good team in their own right.
“Yes, we can say they are missing Sadio Mane, who is a huge player for them, and an amazing player for any team really, but they got into the knockout stages without him, and they will be feeling confident and good.
“They are used to winning. They will be a really, really dangerous side for us to play. For us to progress we need to be at 100 per cent, give absolutely everything, and be really good with the ball, and really good without the ball, and if we are, and the energy and intensity levels are bright we have a good chance of winning.”
