Paul Scholes has explained why he thinks England boss Thomas Tuchel should select Elliot Anderson over Declan Rice against DR Congo.<\/p>\n
The Three Lions<\/a> have booked their place in the World Cup knockout stages and will face DR Congo in the round of 32 on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n Tuchel has some selection dilemmas heading into this game, including in centre-midfielder after Jude Bellingham shone alongside Anderson against Panama.<\/p>\n Rice <\/a>was rested for the Panama game because he is carrying a knock, but he is likely to come back into the team for the DR Congo match.<\/p>\n However, Scholes believes Anderson should start ahead of Rice because England \u201cdon\u2019t need two sitting midfielders\u201d against DR Congo, while the Man City-bound player \u201cpasses it forward more\u201d and Rice\u2019s approach for Arsenal has \u201ctransferred to England\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cEngland don\u2019t need to play two sitting midfielders in the next game,\u201d Scholes said on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n READ: England fans pining for Harry Maguire and Trent after awful Panama win<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cNo disrespect to Congo but in those type of games you play as many attackers as possible. I think it has to be a straight shootout between Declan Rice and Elliot Anderson, and I think I would just go with Anderson.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he will pass it forward a bit more. Think about Rice with Arsenal\u2026 look, he\u2019s a great player and a great leader, I get all that, and you\u2019d rather him in your team than not most of the time.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Arsenal didn\u2019t play great football last season either, did they? Rice couldn\u2019t get [Martin] Odegaard in the game, so maybe that\u2019s transferred a bit to England. I don\u2019t think that happens with Anderson.\u201d<\/p>\n