England had a record audience yesterday when 77,768 people saw them lose 2-1 against the Germans at Wembley.

Neville doesn't want to blame the bad shape of the World Cup backstroke.

- We can talk about coming from emotional highlights and feeling tired after the World Cup. But now that we are in November it is just an excuse and we do not use excuses, he says.

He also assumes full responsibility.

- I'm the one who chooses the team. I'm the one who makes up the tactics. I train them, I talk to them and I communicate with them. The results have not been good enough and that means I have not been good enough. We must do something about this very quickly.