Fabio Capello should be left alone to make his decision on Robert Green, according to former Scotland boss George Burley.

The England manager controversially opted for the West Ham keeper over Joe Hart and the more experienced David James for the World Cup Group C opener against the United States on Saturday night.

But Green gifted the USA their goal in the 1-1 draw in Rustenburg when he allowed Clint Dempsey’s tame-looking shot from distance to slip through his hands.

The former Ipswich, Derby and Hearts boss said: “The game has never changed.

“Goalkeepers are humans and they make mistakes, sometimes they get away with it but if not it usually ends in a goal.

“As a manager you have to makes decisions game by game “But it is up to each manager, other managers are not in the position to tell them what to do.

“And I’m not one of those manager who tell other managers what to do because everything is not black and white.”