Thomas Tuchel says that his team from England felt “frozen” against Senegal after losing 3-1 on the city of the city in Nottingham.
The three Lions completed their international break with a friendly against the African team, who recorded a first victory for the continent against them.
Harry Kane’s early goal was not enough to deny Senegal in the midlands, who struck twice in the second half for damn Tuchel to his first defeat.
And he gave a dark performance assessment, admitting that it was not good enough in the field.
Addressing the press after the match, he said: “Yes, of course, it is a disappointing result. I don’t know if we don’t deserve a little more results.
“I felt a little frozen, not active enough for a long time during the match. We defended quite well for long periods in the first half, then our best period occurred when we were 2-1.
“We have conceded the first two goals – very easy goals, we must defend better.
“Have we expressed our joy in the same way as Senegal if we win?” 🗣
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“The reaction was good after being broken down. We were suddenly more active, more free, more common, more aggressive. We were likely to equalize.”
Jude Bellingham came out of the bench late and thought he had grasped an equalizer to do it 2-2, only for the goal to be excluded by Var for an offside.
For the moment, Tuchel has added: “I just saw him, he looks more with the shoulder than the hand. I saw him as an objective must be verified, this is the first time that the referee revisits an objective. So, it is a mistake, then take it. Or this is not an error, so it’s an objective.”
The German boss was also criticized for removing Harry Kane but not replacing him with an attacker, despite the train.
Ivan Toney came for the last moments but it was too little, too late at that time.
Tuchel said, “It was more than three minutes. I think Ivan is a specialist in these situations, we have created a lot of chance with Morgan Gibbs-White, EBS [Eberechi Eze]Morgan Rogers and with Jude [Bellingham] in fluid positions.
“I think Ivan is the strongest when we have a lot of bullets in the box, and it was, so we prepared it for 80 minutes.”
