England caretaker coach Carsley rules out singing national anthem in Dublin due to political reasons.

Before their Nations League match on Saturday in Dublin, he stressed that singing the anthem was always a challenge for him during his time playing for Ireland.

"The gap between your warm-up, you're coming on to the pitch and the delay with the anthems. So it's something that I have never done. I was always really focused on the game and my first actions of the game. I really found that in that period I was wary about my mind wandering off.

"I was really focused on the football and I have taken that into coaching.

"We had the national anthem with the Under 21s also and I am in a zone at that point. I am thinking about how the opposition are going to set up and our first actions within the game.

"I fully respect both anthems and understand how much they mean to both countries."