Michael Owen 'annoyed' after England's loss to Argentina

Still very, very annoyed. Very frustrated. I think we gave the game away. I don't think Argentina beat us. I think we gave it them. In the end, they could have won 4-1 or 5-1 or something. They hit the post. But after an hour, we're in total control. We're 1-0 up. All we had to do was watch Spain the night before and see what happens when you're 1-0 up. Keep playing. Keep the ball. Stay brave. Stay confident. Just keep the ball. And we just panic and we're scared of losing. And then even our manager makes mistakes, throws on three defenders and takes off attacking players. Totally hands the initiative to Argentina. We gave them that game. This lies squarely on the manager's decisions and our mentality as a nation. Because it's not the first time we've done it. We did it in my era. I scored against Brazil in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. They were down to 10 men, like we were against Mexico. And what happened? We didn't get a kick. Brazil played us off the path with 10 men, beat us 2-1. We do it all the time. I scored against Portugal in the quarterfinals of the Euros. Again, what do we do? OK, Wayne Rooney gets injured, but we still retreat. We still let all the teams in. It's a British mentality thing where we are so scared of losing, we're so fearful of failure that we just... And we've got the players. There's nothing wrong with our team. There's nothing wrong with Selec, nothing wrong with anything. It's purely mentality.