Thomas Tuchel says his England aspect felt “frozen” in opposition to Senegal after shedding 3-1 on the Metropolis Floor in Nottingham.
The Three Lions rounded off their worldwide break with a pleasant in opposition to the African aspect, who recorded a primary victory for the continent in opposition to them.
Harry Kane’s early objective was not sufficient to disclaim Senegal within the Midlands, who struck twice within the second half to rattling Tuchel to his first defeat.
And he gave a bleak evaluation of the efficiency, admitting it was not ok on the pitch.
Chatting with the press after the sport, he stated:”Yeah after all, it’s a disappointing consequence. Unsure if we didn’t deserve a bit bit extra result-wise.
“Felt a bit frozen, not energetic sufficient for a very long time over the match. We defended fairly properly for lengthy durations within the first half after which our greatest interval got here once we have been 2-1 down.
“We conceded the primary two targets – very straightforward targets, we have to defend higher.
“Would we’ve expressed our pleasure the identical as Senegal if we received?” 🗣
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“The response was good after we have been down. We abruptly have been extra energetic, extra free, extra fluent, extra aggressive. We had massive possibilities to equalise.”
Jude Bellingham got here off the bench late on and thought he grabbed an equaliser to make it 2-2, just for the objective to be dominated out by VAR for an offside.
On the second, Tuchel added: “I simply noticed it, it seems to be extra the shoulder than the hand. I noticed it as a objective must be checked, it’s the first time the referee revisits a objective. So both it’s a mistake, so take it away. Or it’s not a mistake, so it’s a objective.”
The German boss was additionally criticised for taking Harry Kane off however not changing him with a striker, regardless of trailing.
Ivan Toney got here on for the ultimate moments nevertheless it was too little, too late at that time.
Tuchel stated: “It was greater than three minutes. I feel Ivan is a specialist for these conditions, we created loads of possibilities with Morgan Gibbs-White, Ebs [Eberechi Eze], Morgan Rogers and with Jude [Bellingham] in fluid positions.
“I feel Ivan is the strongest when we’ve loads of balls into the field, and that was the case so we acquired him prepared at 80 minutes.”
