Anthony Gordon on Euro 2024 lessons, tough Liverpool upbringing and why he will always succeed

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I have always been very intrigued mentally to see who I could become."I am from a very poor area, a very poor background, just a normal family and I have obviously made the journey to this level. I can use that for experience.“When we got the numbers for the World Cup, I texted my agent and I'm not going to lie, listen, I wanted number 11.

I’m not going to lie to you.“But when I got number 18, I texted my agent and I said ‘it's actually a good thing because I get to put right in that number’ because in the Euros I was number 18 and I felt like it was a waste of a summer for me.“So, I viewed this as an opportunity to make something special out of that number. Second game, I just thought I didn't play great.

Ghana defended really well, that's fine.“I wasn't playing to my individual strength and when I got the chance against Congo I just thought to myself ‘I'm not doing that, I'm going to do the things that got me here’ and obviously it paid off.”Gordon had arguably his best game for England against Mexico and it feels his tournament has finally had lift-off. I felt like we’d come through it.“I think it would have been a special win regardless but when you throw all that in the mix and arrows in those circumstances, it makes it even more special.”There is no getting away from it.