England star Jordan Pickford sends Peter Shilton message after tricky Euro 2024 win over Serbia

England started on the front foot but, after the first 30 minutes, Serbia came into the game.

Pickford had little to do but will did well to save from Dusan Vlahovic, with the Three Lions goalkeeper tipping the striker's effort over the bar.

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The goalkeeper was making his 62nd appearance for England and, now, has equalled Shilton's record of 10 clean sheets at a major tournament.

Pickford has been a regular in the side and has previously flourished at World Cups in 2018 and 2022, as well as the European Championships in 2021.

When told that he'd matched Shilton's record, the 30-year-old admitted he was pleased.

"A great achievement personally, but I will never take plaudits myself," he said. "I have a full 11 that help me and I am just there when the lads need me.

"To be up there with Peter Shilton is a great privilege."

Pickford, speaking to the BBC, was pleased England were able to beat Serbia despite their performance leaving much to be desired.

"A great test," he continued. "We knew it was going to be a competitive game, but we showed our class and resilience.

"We did everything we needed to do to win and get a clean sheet. Serbia's keeper made a great save to stop H [Harry Kane] from taking us 2-0 up.

"Off the ball we are working hard together and if we lose it we use our shape to press and get the ball back."

England star Marc Guehi has also spoken out, with the centre-back shining in the absence of Harry Maguire - who failed to make the squad due to injury.

The Crystal Palace star insists he's 'happy' with the way England performed, with the defender also admitting the Three Lions will have to 'suffer' if they're to end 58 years of hurt.

"I am very happy with the performance," he said. "It's always hard to get off to a good start in a major tournament.

"The most important thing was to get the win and we did that. We need to focus now, improve and on to the next one.

"For me, I enjoyed it a lot. It was a great atmosphere and I am just grateful top play with such experienced players.

"They make it easier for me to play in my position and they help me and the team. It is a more of a team performance and I am just glad to have top professionals around me.

"Very, very important. If we are going to go far in this tournament, we are going to have to suffer and it was a great test for us.

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"It is a good learning curve for the team and hopefully we can take it on to the next game."

Gareth Southgate, meanwhile, has insisted he didn't expect the match to be 'any other way'.

England are favourites to win Euro 2024 this summer, having gone so close three years ago.

Against bigger and better teams, the Three Lions will need to up the ante.

But Southgate was satisfied with the result, and performance, with the 53-year-old saying: "I didn't expect it to be any other way.

"We played an opponent who can play well and be direct.

"I was pleased we played the way we did in the first half, we should have probably had a second with the chances we created."