Gareth Southgate: 'Danny Ings will keep improving'

England Under-21s manager Gareth Southgate has claimed that Danny Ings will continue to improve after scoring twice in the victory over Portugal on Thursday evening.

The Burnley striker took full advantage of Saido Berahino's promotion to the senior squad as he gave his coach a timely reminder of his qualities, and Southgate believes that playing in the Premier League will take him to the next level.

"I've got terrific belief in him from what he did last year," Southgate told reporters. "I watched a lot of him at Burnley; he's technically a better player than perhaps people sometimes realise.

"He will score goals because he's a real threat in the box; he's a big threat from crosses - low and high - and his mentality is that he wants to learn.

"Every time I've spoken to him about how this season's going he's talked about learning from the experiences, learning from playing against top defenders, learning from watching top strikers. As the season wears on it will only benefit him, definitely."

Ings has now scored four times in six appearances for the Under-21s.