“They need service, which there wasn’t a lot of, but what I saw as someone who has been there – and what Clarke will have seen – is their work-rate and what they do outwith scoring goals. And it’s quite a lot.
“I thought they did more than well enough in the game, particularly Dykes.
“They pressed well and didn’t allow the Denmark defenders to have an easy night. They were physical and put themselves about.”
Adams won two of his six aerial duels, to Dykes’ seven from 11. Seven of Adams’ 10 passes found a team-mate, while Dykes completed eight of his 16.
The Torino striker didn’t have a shot at goal, though he came agonisingly close to latching on to a teasing Ryan Christie cross, while Dykes had two attempts, one which should have broken the deadlock.
He was slipped through by his partner up front but inexplicably delayed, allowing Danish defender Rasmus Kristensen to scramble back and block the shot.
“Che puts it through the defender’s legs and my first thought is to take a good touch and have a shot,” Dykes said later, reflecting on the moment.
“There was as a defender so close to me, I take the touch, and it’s a little wider than I wanted, but I take the shot and he blocks it. On another day, maybe it goes under his legs and goes in that bottom corner.
“Looking back, maybe I could hit it first time, but it’s going so quickly in the game.”
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