Thomas Tuchel: "We should have scored more"
I think the energy was right, the quality was there and we should have scored more,” the England head coach tells ITV. “After the first goal we had 10 or 15 minutes with too many ball losses and lost our focus and concentration but the second half, we found it again and should have scored more.”
On Elliot Anderson’s debut: “Very good, very very good,” he says. “He was a bit nervous this week but then did good and we said let’s try it and he did it. That was the test and I think he passed the test. Why should he not play in Serbia?”
On England’s conspicuous lack of zip when it came to pinging the ball around: “I think we missed the little moments to accelerate the game,” he says. “Maybe Ebz [Eberechi Eze] didn’t have his best day in the No10, the last pass from Noni [Madueke] wasn’t clinical enough and Rashford had good moments but couldn’t finish them. It’s stuff that can happen against a narrow team. The second goal should have come earlier because it gave us a lot of freedom. We’ve learned a lot and I’m glad for the players. Now we will prove a point in Belgrade.”
Match report: England 2-0 Andorra
Group K: It was nothing more than a contractual obligation fulfilled,” writes David Hytner from Villa Park. “There was little to see here at Villa Park. Or get excited about. England beat Andorra, as they always do. They did not concede against them, as always. And Thomas Tuchel’s record in World Cup qualifying Group K now shows the maximum number of points from four ties – and four clean sheets.”
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