Was the penalty the first touch Sancho had of the ball?
Anyway you splice it, the in game management from Southgate, from the second half onwards, is what cost England in this game. Italy were the better team on the night, but I still think (as someone who was not supporting England) that with the players on the England bench, Italy were there to be got at and beaten.
I mean, it got to the point that both Rashford and Sancho were fortunate to get on the pitch before the whistle went. Worked out well for Italy, but they could probably have kept possession for another 50 seconds and prevented Southgate from making the tactical penalty switch completely. There was a break in play at 118 minutes where both players could have come on, but Southgate appeared to want to make the change even later. He clearly doesn't trust those players to come on a few minutes before and see the job out, but expects them to then come on cold and despatch a penalty under that pressure? You couldn't make it up.