Morgan was England's best performer with the bat at Headingley Batsman Eoin Morgan has told his England team-mates they must learn quickly from their mistakes if they are to stand a chance of beating Sri Lanka.England fell to a 69-run defeat at Headingley on Friday and face the resurgent tourists at Lord's on Sunday.
"We have been here before and we need to learn from it," said Morgan
"The effect of Friday's defeat was a step back towards where we were. We need to do something about it quickly, otherwise we could run into problems."
The five-match series is tied at 1-1 and Morgan, who made 52 runs off 40 balls in the last game, believes England must be able to deal better with Sri Lanka's spinners.
"Spin seems to tie us down, so that is something we have to improve, recognising that we have to make that improvement as a unit rather than one or two guys going hell for leather," he said.
"It has always been a problem for England, particularly in major tournaments. Think of the last few World Cups.
"It is almost a given really when you look at county cricket that you won't see any unbelievable players of spin.
"The Indians are masters. They take the positive approach of whacking it out of the ground, between milking it around.
"We need to have a similar attitude to that, because we have shown when we have positive attitudes we normally win."
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