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Kane scores fourth goal in four games under Tuchel; Sarr levels before break and Diarra gives visitors lead; late Bellingham effort ruled out
Sabaly grabs third in added time as Senegal become first African nation to beat Three Lions
Tuchel suffers first defeat as England boss
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This time next year we'll be hours away from the start of the World Cup.
How ready are England?
Well, Thomas Tuchel certainly has lots to ponder before the Three Lions return to action on 6 September.
Until next time...
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Image source, ReutersThe countdown is well and truly on for the World Cup.
England have six games - five World Cup qualifiers and a Wembley friendly against Wales - between 6 September and 16 November.
Providing England qualify, they will find out their group opponents when the draw is made in December. They are likely to pencil in friendlies for next March as well as late May and early June before the start of the 2026 World Cup on 11 June.
England's next game after today is at home to Andorra on 6 September at Villa Park.
Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven got himself on the scoresheet late on as the Netherlands crushed Malta 8-0, with Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk and Aston Villa midfielder Donyell Malen (two) also among the scorers.
In the same World Cup group, Finland beat Poland 2-1 after the match had been suspended because of a spectator needing medical assistance.
Romania and Austria clinched routine victories in Group H, winning 2-0 against Cyprus and 4-0 in San Marino respectively.
In an international friendly, Northern Ireland held on to beat Iceland 1-0 despite Brodie Spencer's red card after Isaac Price's first-half goal, while Luxembourg held Republic of Ireland to a goalless draw.
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Image source, Getty ImagesI think these expressions sum up how all England fans are feeling about that game...
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Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport Senior football correspondent at the City Ground
England have been awful tonight. A year to the World Cup, this team looks a million miles away from being able to compete.
It's a friendly, yes. But it's hard to spot any sort of pattern in England's play.
A chorus boos greeted the final whistle. One fan in front of the press box screamed "disgraceful" at the end of the game. Another screamed "Tuchel out".
The natives aren't happy. No wonder.
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Leon Osman
Former England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at the City Ground
I am more looking at it in the sense of we got to the finals of major competitions under Gareth Southgate. Yes, you want to tweak things but you can't step too far away from what had been working for them.
You just want to tweak and perfect things. Thomas Tuchel is changing the whole system and changing what these players have been used to.
If you are a top manager and going into a club, for instance Arne Slot at Liverpool, how much did he change from Jurgen Klopp? He just made little changes and didn't change the whole system.
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George: Ten changes is never a good look, and it proved disastrous. Crucial moments, Gordon miss at 1-0, Bellingham goal disallowed, Curtis caught out for third goal. Senegal wanted it more.
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Image source, Getty ImagesEngland boss Thomas Tuchel, speaking to ITV: "Yeah of course, it's a disappointing result. Not sure if we did not deserve a little bit more result-wise. Felt a bit frozen, not active enough for a long time over the match. We defended quite well for long periods in the first half and then our best period came when we were 2-1 down. We conceded the first two goals - very easy goals, we need to defend better.
"The reaction was good after we were down. We suddenly were more active, more free, more fluent, more aggressive. We had big chances to equalise."
On the disallowed goal: "I just saw it, it looks more the shoulder than the hand. I saw it as a goal needs to be checked, it is the first time the referee revisits a goal. So either it is a mistake, so take it away. Or it's not a mistake, so it's a goal."
On bringing Ivan Toney on late: "It was more than three minutes. I think Ivan is a specialist for these situations, we created a lot of chances 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 balls into the box, and that was the case so we got him ready at 80 minutes."
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Jane: I hoped for more but expected nothing else from England. These 'friendly' games are a disaster waiting to happen. Something is fundamentally wrong within this squad. No leadership, no energy, no determination, no application. No handball, poor decision, but no matter - England would likely have gifted another goal to Senegal, who played with great freedom and skill.
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Image source, Getty ImagesSenegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "Fantastic night. We knew we could do something in this game. It was a tough game but we showed our personality and showed we can play at this level. We won 3-1 so we can be happy.
"It is fantastic. We are not used to making history and we made it when we won AFCON, and we made it tonight, We want to continue writing the story of Senegal. We wanted to show we have a good nation."
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Mark: First Andorra and now this. Both lacked direction, spirit, desire and effort amongst other things. The quality of both performances has been very, very poor. Thomas Tuchel isn't going anywhere but he has a lot to do with this group if he's going to be successful.
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Ian Wright
Former England striker on ITV
Image source, Getty ImagesMaybe that's why someone like Jordan Henderson is in the squad and can keep that camaraderie because at the moment they are looking for someone else to do it and not taking on that responsibility themselves.
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Taylor01pe: I don't get it. England had a golden opportunity to cast off the shadows of the past, embrace a new young squad and politely retire some of the older players. Instead we get more of the same turgid, backwards, slow, rubbish from a tired-looking team. Many of the players wouldn't even start for their club teams for goodness sake. Come on Thomas Tuchel, show some spine or it will be a short World Cup!
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Roy Keane, speaking on ITV, says England's players need to be more critical of one another when mistakes are made.
"It looks like they are having a chat like they are in Starbucks," the former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland midfielder adds.
There were two matches in England's World Cup qualifying Group K tonight. Albania drew 1-1 in Latvia, while Serbia beat Andorra 3-0.
England have two games in September, at home against bottom-of-the-table Andorra at Villa Park on Saturday, 6 September before what is expected to be the toughest game for the Three Lions, away in Serbia on Tuesday, 9 September.
The group winners qualify automatically for next summer's World Cup, while the nation that comes second would need to win two single-leg play-offs to secure their spot in Canada, United States and Mexico.
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OK and: Bad performance, but if they were going to lose a game as any team does then a friendly is always the best time. England lost a home friendly to Iceland last year before the Euros yet still managed to get to the final and beat far better teams along the way. So what can be read from that result…nothing!
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Thomas Tuchel is asked by ITV why he waited until three minutes from the end to send on Ivan Toney.
"First of all it was more than three minutes," says the German.
Full quotes from the England boss to follow.
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Image source, Getty ImagesEngland captain Harry Kane, speaking to ITV: "Not good enough. We had moments, but with and without the ball things aren't clicking, we're not finding the right tempo. We've lost that aggressive nature that we had."
On Jude Bellingham's goal being disallowed: "If you know the rules it's not handball. That gets us back in the game and maybe we can go on and win the game, so it's a big moment. It's something we will discuss later."
On how they can improve: "We're not going to panic but we know we need to be better. New ideas, there's new players coming into the team that don't have experience at international level. It's a mixture of things but no excuses. We need to find it quick, the World Cup is going to come around really fast so every camp is really important right now."
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REVD: I can’t believe that I’m saying this but Thomas Tuchel is actually more clueless than Gareth Southgate. Picking the likes of Kyle Walker goes to show just how utterly corrupt and backward the whole England set up is from top to bottom. I’ve lost all interest in this utter shambles.
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The headlines will be about England's shortcomings but credit to Senegal. They were everything the Three Lions weren't - energetic, lively and ruthless.
This was England's first defeat against an African opponent, in what was their 22nd match (previously W15 D6). This was also the first time they have conceded three or more goals in a game against an African side.
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England head coach Thomas Tuchel during the friendly against Senegal at the City Ground
England slumped to their first defeat under Thomas Tuchel as Senegal secured a fully deserved victory in the friendly at the City Ground.
Tuchel's side laboured badly throughout and were second best to impressive opposition, who became the first African team to beat England's men.
A frustrating night for the Three Lions actually began well for them as they took the lead after seven minutes when captain Harry Kane pounced for his 73rd England goal.
That came after goalkeeper Edouard Mendy failed to hold Anthony Gordon's shot, but it was as good as it got for England, who were sunk by goals from Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diarra and Cheikh Sabaly.
Dean Henderson, in for regular keeper Jordan Pickford, was kept busy as the hosts struggled away from their usual Wembley base, and Senegal drew level five minutes before the break when Kyle Walker switched off to allow Sarr to steal in at the far post.
It was the first goal England had conceded under Tuchel in four games, and Senegal probed England's defensive vulnerability throughout.
The visitors got the lead their dominance merited when Diarra exploited space behind England's defence to beat Henderson, firing through his legs at the near post just after the hour.
England went in search of an equaliser, with Mendy making amends for his earlier error by producing fine saves from substitute Morgan Gibbs-White and Bukayo Saka.
Tuchel's side also had a late strike from Jude Bellingham ruled out for handball against Levi Colwill after a video assistant referee (VAR) intervention.
But Senegal wrapped up the win in the dying seconds of stoppage time when substitute Curtis Jones lost possession, allowing Sabaly to finish England off with a cool finish, sparking an angry reaction from the home ers who remained inside the City Ground.
England had 15 wins and six draws from their previous 21 matches against African opponents, but here they were well beaten in the end.
England fans had little to get excited about in Nottingham
The storm of booing that greeted Tuchel and his England players at the final whistle summed up a miserable night for the German boss.
England had the perfect start with Kane's goal, and while this game came at the end of a gruelling season, it was still a chastening experience to see Tuchel's team so comprehensively outplayed.
Keeper Henderson had kept Senegal at bay in the first half, saving from Everton's Idrissa Gueye and Crystal Palace team-mate Sarr, who took advantage of Walker's defensive lapse for the visitors' leveller.
After that, England subsided and Senegal could have won by an even more convincing margin.
The away side delighted their followers with the victory, celebrating exuberantly once the third goal went in.
This defeat completed an undistinguished few days for England who scraped a 1-0 win against Andorra in Barcelona on Saturday.
The new coach may have three wins from his first four games, but the opposition - until now - had not been testing and this has been a somewhat sticky start by Gareth Southgate's successor.
Tuchel duly felt the full force of the City Ground crowd as England's ers wait to see any sign of improvement or a new identity, with the World Cup just a year away.
Senegal celebrated as England's players faced up to defeat
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England have never lost in 21 matches against African opposition (W15 D6), winning their only previous meeting with Senegal 3-0 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Senegal have won just one of their last seven matches against European nations (D3 L3), beating Poland 2-1 at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
This is just England’s second match at Nottingham’s City Ground, previously beating Wales 2-0 in a Home Nations international in March 1909.
England have won all three of their matches under Thomas Tuchel, with only Walter Winterbottom and Sven-Goran Eriksson winning each of their first four in charge of the Three Lions.
Senegal are unbeaten in their last 23 matches in all competitions (W16 D7) since a 1-0 friendly loss to Algeria in September 2023.
England have won their last six matches in all competitions, keeping a clean sheet in each of the last five – they’ve never previously won six in a row without conceding.
Harry Kane has scored in all three of England’s games under Thomas Tuchel so far, with no player ever scoring in each of a manager’s first four in charge of the Three Lions.
Ismaïla Sarr has been directly involved in seven goals in his last seven games in all competitions for club and country (4 goals, 3 assists), netting Senegal’s equaliser against Republic of Ireland last time out.
