 When England's entire team—led by black forward Nikita Parris—pointedly ran to celebrate with coach Sampson after scoring in their next match against Russia, Aluko publicly criticised her former team-mates, accusing them of selfishness, lacking respect and requiring diversity training.Nikita Parris later apologised in June 2020 for her actions in celebrating in solidarity with sacked coach Mark Sampson describing her actions as "thoughtless".In an interview with "The Daily Telegraph", England right-back Lucy Bronze questioned whether Aluko was now good enough to be in England's squad despite Aluko having more caps than Bronze a 102 appearances for England.