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- Updated: October 12, 2016
Jordan Henderson has urged his England team-mates to help Gareth Southgate’s job chances by producing on the pitch.
Southgate is halfway through an initial four-game spell in charge after Saturday’s 2-0 win over Malta and a goalless draw in Slovenia.
It took several Joe Hart saves to preserve a point in Ljubljana, and England’s interim manager afterwards claimed he had “taken over a mess” in the wake of Sam Allardyce’s abrupt exit.
Southgate plans to assess his long-term ambitions after games against Scotland and Spain next month, but he has received an early vote of confidence from his stand-in skipper in Slovenia.
Henderson said: “The players have got on really well with him. We’re close as a group and we’ve had meetings …
