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Southgate has made the right decision to drop Sterling - Neville

Gareth Southgate has made "the right decision" to drop Raheem Sterling after his confrontation with Joe Gomez, according to Gary Neville.

Sterling will not feature in England's Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro on Thursday, after what the Football Association have described as "a disturbance in a private team area".

Sterling admitted via his Instagram on Tuesday that he and Gomez had "a five to 10 second thing" and that "emotions got the better of me" while clearing the air with the Liverpool defender.

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Sterling and Gomez squared up to each other during the Reds' 3-1 win against Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday, with their club rivalry spilling over into the England camp, and speaking about the incident on Monday, Southgate said: "Unfortunately the emotions of yesterday's game were still raw.