English players actually look better if they are in a situation where they are behind because their play is braver and they are not careful in attacking. It's just that after they managed to catch up, their attitude of being cautious again made England become monotonous.
It's because they did not want to proactively attack in their matches and when they were led by opponents in several matches in Euro 2024 including the final match, they had no choice rather than trying to attack and find goals. They played better after getting conceded goals but in the final match, they got the second conceded goal too late like how they scored a winning goal against Netherlands. With some minutes left, it's almost no chance to find a goal when opponent tried to defend their advantage seriously.
In the match against Spain, it was actually evident that when England was 1 goal behind Spain, they tried to change the flow and this was visible when Palmer entered the field.
This final match is another version of Euro 2020 final match with Italy. England team played bad in ball possession in both matches against Italy in 2021 and Spain in 2024. That means Southgate did not learn big lesson three years ago or he failed to find solutions for England star players.
England made a bad record as a first team in Europe lost two consecutive Euro final matches. They are the first ever team got two defeats like that.