Thomas Tuchel admitted Jude Bellingham was “lucky” to escape a red card during England’s 3-0 win over Latvia and confirmed that he withdrew the Real Madrid midfielder as it would have been a “risk” to keep him on.
Having already been booked for a foul on Dmitrijs Zelenkovs as half-time approached, Bellingham looked fortunate to escape a second yellow for a mis-timed challenge on Raivis Jurkovskis shortly after the restart, and was replaced by Phil Foden.
