Former Premier League forward Troy Deeney has claimed three England stars were 'ignorant and arrogant' in a lengthy rant on American television after the Three Lions' victory over Panama.

Thomas Tuchel's side won 2-0 against Panama, with goals from Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane ensuring England finished top of their World Cup group.

England had been frustrated in the first half by Panama, but made the breakthrough when Bellingham stabbed in from a corner, before turning the provider for Kane to double the lead.

Despite England advancing through to the last 32 of the World Cup, with an unbeaten record in the group stages, their performances were torn apart by pundits on American broadcaster CBS.

Former Watford striker Deeney led the attack on the Three Lions and accused England's wide men Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Noni Madueke of being 'arrogant' against Panama.

'Have a look at the possession they have lost: 14 for Saka, 20 for Rashford and seven for Madueke,’ Deeney said. ‘Now that’s fine when you are being really insightful with the passes and trying little flicks around the corner.

‘If you watch the game, Madueke, when he first came on, kicked it past someone and straight out for a goal kick; am I meant to get excited?

‘Rashford kept coming inside onto his right foot and wants to shoot, if the shooting option is not on “I’ll just kick it, someone will be there”, it is so wasteful.

'The second half they got a platform because the ball was going out to the wide players better because Panama were getting a bit more confident and wanting to take them on, there were more spaces and one vs ones – [and] they got worse.

'You know what they were, they were arrogant and ignorant. They felt “I’m quicker than that person, I am just going to run past them, I play for whatever club, I am better than that person”.

'You are playing against another man on the opposite side who plays for their national team and feels “it is important to me”, and they are going home so they want to showcase everything against England, in front of the most views I am probably going to get in my career and show what I can do.

‘They were ignorant and arrogant.’

Deeney continued his rant by claiming that England fans had been 'sold the dream' of attacking football under Tuchel and warned they fail to control games as they prepare for the knock-out stages.

The former forward added that England players who have been billed as superstars look 'bang average too often', as he insisted that the Three Lions are yet to have a good game at this World Cup.

England began the tournament with a 4-2 victory over Croatia, before a goalless draw against Ghana and a 2-0 victory over Panama.

Deeney's explosive critique was backed by American pundit Mike Grella, who previously represented five clubs in England, including Leeds, Brentford and Bury.

Grella questioned whether England are just 'not that good at football', as the pundits continued to lay into Tuchel's side.

Grella said: 'This guy is worth £100m, this guy is worth £200m, you guys have got all these world beaters, maybe it is Tuchel, maybe it is Rashford, maybe it is this guy – "Do you guys ever think you're not that good at football?".

'You come to a World Cup and people want to see England play, you are synonymous with football.

'This player is worth a billion, the Panama players if you put them together are maybe worth £60m. One player is worth the cost of the entire Panamanian team.

'But you lose every 50/50 battle, you play slow and predictable, you do everything the opposing team want to do and have no street smarts.

'There has been six halves of football and five of them you played bad, one you play good because Croatia got tired at the end of the game.'

The final member of the CBS punditry panel, former West Ham and Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, agreed with Deeney's assessment, as he targeted what England must improve heading into the knock-out stage.

Reo-Coker expressed concerns that England looked too predictable with both Rashford and Saka wanting to cut inside onto their favoured foot.

He insisted England need to hold themselves to higher standards moving forward, warning that 'top class players don't give the ball away' as he analysed England's tendency to lose possession.

The American contingent were not alone in their scathing assessment of England's performance. 

On British TV, Roy Keane said in the ITV studio: 'The opposition were really poor, so we could be critical of England if they didn't get the job done – but they did. 

'They move on to tougher games. As much as there were pluses from some of the star lads, the manager has done a lot of chopping and changing. I don’t think he has a clue what his best XI is. That’s not good.’ 

At the break, he'd said: 'There’s something lacking, that intensity, and sometimes when you’re playing a team with a lot less quality, you’re going to get dragged down to their level.

'Their top players haven’t turned up. The key to any team is your end product, and they look well short at the moment. The players who have the quality aren’t showing it. It’s just like watching Scotland, real lack of quality.'

Gary Neville, meanwhile, took a swipe at everyone but Bellingham, telling the players they need to reach the Real Madrid star's level. 

'He’s the one player who looks like he’s in form, who's fresh, sharp, lively. He’s played at the level you’d expect,' he said. 

'The rest of them are going to have to get to his level and form quite quickly. Thomas Tuchel said we will step up for the bigger games – they’re going to have to.

'We lack subtlety, creativity and innovation. The players in wide areas, the final part of their game has been really poor.

'I don’t think Thomas Tuchel will be walking off the pitch thinking it’s perfect right now,' Neville added. 

'We’ve got to get Declan Rice back in the team. We’ve got to get the back four more solid. It looked like they cut through us a few times. They didn’t have the quality to punish us, but we are going to have to step up.'

Ex-England striker Alan Shearer echoed those sentiments over on the BBC Five Live, saying: 'I haven't seen the stats, but I can see it with my eyes that Rashford and Saka have been involved in a lot of what England have done, but they haven't done enough with it.

'It's been really disappointing from the first ten minutes when we moved the ball with purpose and I expected us to carry that on, but that hasn't been the case.' 

England will have a short turnaround for their last 32 match, with Tuchel's side facing DR Congo on July 1 in Atlanta.

Victory would set up a last 16 tie against either co-hosts Mexico or Ecuador, which would be played at the Azteca Stadium on July 6.

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