Bukayo Saka refused to dwell on his lack of minutes at the 2026 World Cup following Saturday's third-place play-off, saying: "It's done now, move on."
Saka helped England close out their tournament on a high note as his hat-trick guided the Three Lions to a 6-4 win over France in a 10-goal thriller in Miami.
Saka is the second England player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup knockout-stage match, after Geoff Hurst in the 1966 final, while the only other player to score a treble against France in the competition is Brazil icon Pele in 1958.
England, meanwhile, have achieved their second-best finish at the World Cup (third place), behind their 1966 success on home soil.
Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel was criticised for his defensive changes in Wednesday's semi-final defeat to Argentina, with Saka an unused substitute.
Saka only started three games at the tournament overall, but he was glad to help England finish their campaign with a victory.
"Of course, I would love to have played more, but it's too late to talk about that," Saka told BBC Sport.
"I try to do my talking on the pitch, and it's done now. Move on.
"It was a crazy, crazy game. We're both still quite disappointed to not be in the final, but it was about finishing strongly and giving the country the best finish in the World Cup in 60 years, so we're happy with the final result."
England won a World Cup game against an opponent ranked higher than them in the FIFA World Rankings for only the second time, previously beating Argentina 1-0 in 2002 (D1 L8).
While Tuchel admitted he was worried about the physical condition of his team, the England boss was proud of their efforts in testing conditions throughout the tournament.
"We had a brilliant first half and then a turbulent second half," said Tuchel.
"So a massive compliment and full respect for the mentality that we showed. Going through all the adversity is absolutely brilliant.
"We played in the heat, at altitude. I was worried physically. You could see it in the second half, the cramps and all the tiredness, but I was never worried about the mentality.
"I have said it before, this team has created something very special, and they showed it again."
Saturday's play-off marked the very first time France had conceded six goals in a World Cup match, and the first time they had been four goals down at half-time in any game since April 1930 (1-5 versus Belgium).
RayNation
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Tuchel cause England the world Cup I don't know if he is racist or what the fuck was he benching saka
saka and rice played world cup with injury he's trying to help them but it later cost England you can see if that France help saliba he will not be out of 4 to 5 month now on injury
AbSixers
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Tuchel is giving too much excuses in every mistake he made, he doesn't want to accept his fault rather agreeing to them indirectly after pushing the blame to the players somehow, South Gate is still much better than Tuchel.
he already said he is responsible for their elimination. and why are you acting as if he lost to a bad team. he lost to Argentina, the defending champions....all the ex England players coming out to criticise tuchel are just talking to defend their stupid comments that they made before the match between England vs Argentina. why didn't they praise him when he did ramontada against Senegal...why did you people find it hard to accept that Argentina was better team than England
jieadlnyz
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if it was Kane or Bellingham hooo the hipe would un the sky but because its Saka the English media is just silent
Kenny Collins
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even if tuchel smokes at least he could know that saka is a pressing foward
Yepcdeltu
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This tuchel is something else he has no confident and experience unlike a great coach that can lead in a world cup admitting you're worried about the physical condition where do they get the physical used to play France, he ruined the semi final against Argentina with is inexperienced, selection and substitutes.
hiwbcensuz
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Tuchel cause England the world Cup I don't know if he is racist or what the fuck was he benching saka
Tasilmnpsy
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Tuchel is giving too much excuses in every mistake he made, he doesn't want to accept his fault rather agreeing to them indirectly after pushing the blame to the players somehow, South Gate is still much better than Tuchel.
bakbirstuy
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England flew 20000 km more than any other teams. Both France and Argentina were less than 10000 kilometers each