There is one small thing that can be held against Ross Barkley after his contribution to England’s latest win and it is that Estonia were obliging opponents for a man desperate to expose that it is time he is turned into a mandatory first-team pick. All the same,Barkley must beget done enough here to make it difficult in the extreme for Roy Hodgson to leave him out again and his contribution to Theo Walcott’s opening goal was a piece of vision and high skill to final in the memory.Barkley was outstanding, producing his finest moments in England’s colours, and the pass to set up Walcott – a 15-yard nutmeg through a congested penalty area – was of that scarce form when it felt like the pot of superlatives might run dry. Suffice to say,it was an extraordinary piece of individual brilliance and there was plenty more of that nature from Barkley before he left the pitch late on to allow Dele Alli to make his senior debut.
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Source: theguardian.com