<p class="title">Jesse Lingard says England manager Gareth Southgate has given the squad the confidence to play without fear ahead of their World Cup opener against Tunisia on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Southgate has come in with the mentality to play with freedom, play without fear, and you will enjoy your time more," Lingard said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"So, as a group of players, that is what we are going to do - enjoy our football, play with no fear and play exciting football at the same time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Of course, we want to go all the way to the final, but we are going to take each game as it comes and prepare for each game as we normally do."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 25-year old said it had been easy to adapt to Southgate's methods as he had worked with him at youth level.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He understands the way I play," Lingard added. "To work with him at youth level as well, then coming into the first-team set-up, that's always going to help."</p>.<p class="bodytext">England, who are on a 10-game unbeaten run, will also take on Belgium and Panama in Group G.</p>
<p class="title">Jesse Lingard says England manager Gareth Southgate has given the squad the confidence to play without fear ahead of their World Cup opener against Tunisia on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Southgate has come in with the mentality to play with freedom, play without fear, and you will enjoy your time more," Lingard said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"So, as a group of players, that is what we are going to do - enjoy our football, play with no fear and play exciting football at the same time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Of course, we want to go all the way to the final, but we are going to take each game as it comes and prepare for each game as we normally do."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 25-year old said it had been easy to adapt to Southgate's methods as he had worked with him at youth level.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He understands the way I play," Lingard added. "To work with him at youth level as well, then coming into the first-team set-up, that's always going to help."</p>.<p class="bodytext">England, who are on a 10-game unbeaten run, will also take on Belgium and Panama in Group G.</p>