'Proudest day of my career' - Carsley not letting anthem controversy overshadow England debut - video Dailymotion

Goals from Declan Rice and Jack Grealish gave Lee Carlsey a winning start to life as England's interim manager

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00:00Today would be probably one of the proudest days of my career, to lead an England team

00:05out in Dublin. You definitely couldn't have writ it. I don't feel hard done by or aggrieved.

00:12I respect everyone's opinion. I've played in teams out there where players are belting

00:18the anthem out next to me, but also I've played in teams where players don't sing or coaches

00:26don't think it makes me or anyone less committed. Like I say, I was looking forward so much to

00:35today. It's the proudest day of my football career. You couldn't have writ it really.

00:43I seen the draw a while back and I thought to myself, that's going to be a really good game.

00:49If you fast forward two weeks ago, it sinks in that I'm going to take over the team,

00:56first game's in Dublin. I knew it was going to be a good experience but a bit of a test also.