Bukayo Saka says it was "tough" for him to be left on the bench during England's World Cup semifinal defeat, but insists the whole squad are ready to move on.
Saka, who was managing an Achilles injury throughout the tournament in North America, was an unused substitute during the last-four defeat to Argentina as boss Thomas Tuchel chose defensive replacements in order to hold on to a lead.
The Arsenal winger then returned to the side for the third-place playoff in Miami three days later and scored a hat trick in the memorable 6-4 win over France, which led to questions about his omission from the semifinal loss.
Saka told talkSPORT: "There's been a lot of talk and speculation about decisions and whatnot in the Argentina game, but for me, it was tough not to come in.
"But we're here in a new camp in a new season, and just want to look ahead now and try not to dwell on it anymore.
"You have to put full faith in [to the manager's decisions]. He puts full faith in you, and you go out on the pitch. You put full faith in him when he's making decisions as a unit.
"That's football. To be fair, that's how football's always been. You have the manager. You have the players. The manager gives his brief, his tactics, and you go out on the pitch as players and deliver at the same time as well."
Tuchel had a meeting with the squad on Tuesday to talk through what happened at the World Cup and turn attention towards the 2028 home European Championship.
Saka says players are still hurting, but they have to look forward.
"Obviously, there's still a scar in us," he added on BBC Radio 5 Live. "When you believed, and everyone was so united and so confident we could do it, not just us, but the whole country.
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"We're trying to draw a line under it now and focus on the new international season and what we have coming up now.
"You try to move on as soon as possible, but you know, a scar is a scar [and] decides to heal when it heals itself.
"But like I said, we've come here to a new international season, and we've got four massive, difficult group games to try to qualify us in the Nations League, which we're fully focused on."