Former England and Tottenham ace Darren Anderton has insisted that England cannot be complacent when they face Scotland at Wembley on Friday.

The retired winger said in an interview with GentingBet that facing their rivals was one of the most highly pressured games of his career.

He said: “England vs Scotland is the best fixture there is. For myself it was an amazing feeling to play in that game in Euro 96. It was the tensest I’ve ever been in a game."

England went on to win the game 2-0 in a highly competitive game with Scotland missing a penalty and Paul Gascoigne punishing them with a goal less than two minutes later.

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Scotland will look to make amends for the defeat on Friday and Anderton has implored Gareth Southgate’s players not to underestimate them.

He said: “Scotland weren’t great in the opening game but they will be up for this game.

“It will be tough. And England will have to be very wary and play with confidence but not with arrogance thinking they’ve already won the game before they’ve gone out there.

“They will go out there with the right mindset. And I do believe they will win the game and they will probably win it fairly comfortably.”

Anderton went on to say that Steve Clarke’s team will pose a very different sort of threat than Croatia, whom England beat 1-0 on Saturday.

He said: “England will face a different Scotland side that we saw in their opening fixture. I don’t think it will be a very international style game.

“Scotland will try and make it an ugly game. They’ll really try and stop those players that we all love from doing their thing and maybe try and wind them up. There’ll be a few tackles flying in.

“But I think this England team have got that strength of character as well and they’ll have a scrap. If Harry Kane starts that from the front he’ll be having a right go himself.”

Wembley will only host 22,500 spectators, less than a third of its capacity, due to Covid restrictions, with Scotland fans allocated 2,600 tickets for the game.

And Anderton is adamant that the home advantage will help Southgate’s team overcome the plucky Scots.

He said: “The home advantage will be really important for England. The boys have been used to playing in an empty stadium without anyone in there so any sort of noise will give them a lift and an adrenaline buzz that they haven’t had for a very long time.”