England World Cup team news: Dele Alli steps up recovery ahead of Belgium

Dele Alli trained with his England teammates the morning after Gareth Southgate's men hammered Panama as the attacking midfielder looks to prove his fitness for Belgium.

The 22-year-old was reduced to a watching brief on Sunday as a slight thigh strain kept him out of the memorable 6-1 win in the heat and humidity of Nizhny Novgorod.

Alli only returned to training on Saturday after picking up - and playing through - the issue in the first half of England's 2-1 win against Tunisia at the start of last week.

The attacking midfielder again trained as the non-starters worked at the Three Lions' Spartak Zelenogorsk facility on Monday morning.

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Southgate now faces a decision on whether to use him against Belgium as the Three Lions look to seal top spot with progress to the last-16 already assured.

"Dele is progressing well," the England boss said after Sunday's game. "Obviously he hasn't had the opportunity to train on the field (on Sunday), he did a different sort of session.

"So, we'll know how close for the Belgium game he is after (Monday) I would think but we're pleased with the progress so far.

Alli trained with his teammates on Monday (Getty Images)

"It takes pressure out of the decision in playing him in that game, but if he's ready then it's also a good opportunity for him."

England's starters did recovery work at their Repino hotel on Monday, including right-back Kieran Trippier who was withdrawn in the 70th minute against Panama.

"Kieran was feeling a tiny twinge just towards half-time," Southgate said. "But then came over and said he was absolutely fine but we weren't prepared to take a chance, so we got him off."