Gary Neville thinks Billy Gilmour's performance for Scotland "sobered" England at Wembley on Friday evening.
The Scots travelled to the English capital as huge underdogs but managed to come out with a point after holding the Three Lions to a goalless draw.
Gilmour, who was making his first competitive start for his country, received the Man of the Match award after a fine display in the middle of the pitch.
The Chelsea midfielder was up against his Blues team-mate Mason Mount, as well as Declan Rice of West Ham and Kalvin Phillips of Leeds United, but the 20-year-old Scot shone.
Former Manchester United defender Neville was full of praise for Gilmour's display against England.
“He came into a cup game against Liverpool, I think, for his first game for Chelsea, and he was brilliant that night," Neville said on ITV.
"His temperament is fantastic, he accepts the ball. Just watching those clips there, it’s a sobering experience, that, for England, because Gilmour and McGinn and McGregor, were better on the ball than the England midfielders, but not just that, Tierney, McTominay and Hanley at the back, they were better on the ball and passing the ball into midfield.
"Mings and Stones, Phillips and Rice, they all really struggled to get that build-up play right last night. Gilmour, to be fair, was always available - England don’t have that player.
"Everyone points towards Kalvin Phillips, but he’s not as good on the ball and accepting the ball as Gilmour is, he’s [Gilmour] technically a little bit better.”
Neville's ITV colleagues Graeme Souness and Patrick Vieira shared similar views, with the former suggesting England "desperately" need someone of Gilmour's ilk.
Souness said: “He doesn’t give the ball away, he’s got that fabulous thing for a central midfielder of passing the ball to the same coloured shirt.
"He keeps the ball in tight areas, he keeps them ticking over, he’s a fabulous little footballer.
"When you factor in that last season he only made five starts in the Premier League for Chelsea, he’s not played a lot of football, he’s coming into a hot house of a game, high tempo, lots of pressing, I thought he’d only last an hour but he managed to stay there and he didn’t dip too badly in the second-half.
"He’s got that all-round awareness of where people are all the time and his first touch is generally away from the man who’s marking him.
"He creates space for himself and England need someone like him desperately.”
Vieira added: “I think he had a terrific game. I really love his technical ability, he loves to get on the ball, he’s not quite physical and really strong, but his personality allowed him to get on the ball and to make the game from the back.
"His team-mates are not scared to give him the ball because they know how good he is on the ball and I think he’s got a really good future ahead of him.”
