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27th Jun 2016

Fans are stunned as *another* Joe Hart blunder sees England fall behind to Iceland

Simon Lloyd

Anyone know what the French is for déjà vu?

A matter of days after Joe Hart had failed to keep out a Gareth Bale free-kick against Wales, the Manchester City stopper was once again at fault as Iceland took a surprise lead in Nice.

It started well enough for England. Wayne Rooney tucked away a penalty in the fourth minute and it seemed as though a place in the last eight was all but theirs.

But a minute or so later, Iceland were level. Failure to defend an Aron Gunnarsson long throw allowed Ragnar Sigurdsson to level the score.

Ah well, they were never going to score a second, were they?

Err, yes…

Joe Hart got a hand to Kolbeinn Sigþórsson’s shot from the edge of the area but it wasn’t enough…

Yet again Hart was taking a battering…

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