England vs Slovakia reaction: Roy Hodgson promises someone will 'pay' for his side's frustration in front of goal

Roy Hodgson claimed England will ‘make someone pay’ for their Euro 2016 frustration after defending his decision to make six changes to the starting line-up for the Group B stalemate against Slovakia.

Having failed to defeat the Slovakians, England dropped to second place in the group behind Wales and will now embark on a path to the final which is likely to involve a quarter-final clash with France in Paris next month.

England must now travel to Nice to face the runners-up in Group F next Monday before potentially facing the hosts at the Stade de France in the last eight.

However, with England creating 27 chances against Slovakia, Hodgson insists that his misfiring forwards will hit form and punish a future opponent.

"We can't do much more,” Hodgson said. “We dominated the game from start to finish, we had so many chances and one day we will put them away.

"I can’t fault the effort of my players, but it is a little bit embarrassing because it has been attack v defence in all three games – I never thought I'd see England dominate three games like we have done.

"And soon we will make someone pay, we will score goals one day."

England inability to win in Saint Etienne, combined with Wales’s 3-0 victory against Russia in Toulouse, saw Hodgson’s team drop to second in the group.

But despite the upheaval of making six changes to the team which defeated the Welsh in Lens last Thursday, Hodgson was unrepentant about his decision to rotate his squad.

“I suppose I have to turn the question round,” Hodgson said. “What would necessarily have changed?

“You're saying that, had Wayne started, he would have scored the goals the others missed from his left half position.

“Wayne and Dele Alli and Harry Kane came on and created chances, but the ‘six changes’ amuses me

"If we had won the game people would say we didn’t miss them [the players who were left out. And when we don’t, they say the team selection is wrong. I am used to that one.

"People were trying to tell me that I should have changed Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane. It was four changes from the side which finished the Wales game.

“You can't have it all ways. We have players who can do the job and they did fine. You can't do more than dominate as we did.

“To be frank, we put pressure on from the first minute. We were creating chances but we didn't take them.”

Despite the failure to finish top of the group, Hodgson insisted he was happy with the route which now lies ahead of England.

"Finishing second is a disappointment, but we are still in the last 16 and who is to say the team we will play will be that much stronger?” Hodgson said. "You just don’t know, the way we are playing I am not frightened of anybody.

"“We went to Marseille and the team played well. We went to Lens and the team did well. We played some good football in Saint-Etienne, so we can do that wherever we are sent.

“I don't see any advantage in having played the second round tie in Paris. It will take us an hour to fly to Nice, and an hour to drive to Parc des Princes, so it’s no major difference for us.”