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England manager Thomas Tuchel on who will be captain against Senegal: "It is very likely that it is the same captain [as against Andorra]."

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England manager Thomas Tuchel on when we will see the brand of football he wants from the Three Lions: "I'm very impatient, which is not always a good thing. I'm always impatient because you step out into a stadium even if the fixture is not always that exciting, after a season fighting for titles, Champions Leaue places.

"But for me personally once I step into a good statium, see the grass, see 7,000 supporters, I'm expecting something from myself and the players.

"It will be to see tomorrow, I am impatient and I want to do better. We are thinking of giving the players a little more freedom within the structure. I still think it was a very offensive structure and line-up to break the defence down.

"Tomorrow we face a strong and physically demanding team, but at first we might not be so offensive but give the players more freedom to express themselves. Maybe on Tuesday we will see the next step."

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BBC Sport's Ian Dennis asks Thomas Tuchel if he learned more from a 1-0 win than if England had won four or five nil against Andorra: "I'm not sure, I think I would have preferred the other way, but in the end we have kept three clean sheets and won three matches [in his first three games in charge].

"There is no reason to only look at the negative side of things. After the game we were critical which is maybe a good thing to improve.

"It's a learning at the moment. Today will be our 11th training session together, the same as one-and-a-half weeks in club football.

"We need to worship training and every minutes in matches. Of course we learn stuff. It's good to see players in tight situations and in moments when things are not easy."

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England manager Thomas Tuchel on next opponents Senegal: "The next game is always the most difficult game; this is the game we will take our conclusions from, we react to the game, injuries, minor problems, performances, and then we build the team from there.

"There will be some changes, but I will not let you know. There will be changes because we want to see the players, we want to reward players who kept their level up yesterday [Sunday].

"We see some fresh legs and new faces against a tough and physical opponent. They have players at top clubs. High level quality, intensity, physical. They like to play and run, so we will have to match that.

"I am happy to face this kind of calibre."

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More from Thomas Tuchel on the performance against Andorra: "I loved that everyone was committed to come and stay just for a friendly [against Senegal] despite the Club World Cup coming up after a long season. But it felt like a pre-season camp. Not in terms that the players don't do enough, but that their passing is not precise enough, their finishing is a bit off, because they lack rhythm.

"This is what we could see in training and that continued in the game. It's very unlike the qualities of our players, for them to underperform with one goal from an xG of four. In a game like that it's more likely we overperform, but the rhythm was simply not there.

"The players were committed, the energy was absolutely the energy we wanted. Why should we be less committed now after a game in which we were not so happy?

"Parts of the game were ok - the first half we created lots of chances that would have made things easier for us."

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England manager Thomas Tuchel on the reaction of the players to his critical comments: "I protect my players, I said no names of players, it is not an individual matter. But as I said, as a team we did not reach our standards and I did not like the last 20 minutes. I felt we didn't play seriously enough in what we needed to do in a World Cup qualifier.

"What I have told you I have already told the team directly. Why should we sugarcoat it? You have been in the stadium, why should I tell you that we had a good game? No harm done. We can handle criticism. I have always strongly believed that a group of football players can speak honestly to each other, I include myself. Now it's on us to do better.

"The attitude towards training and in camp, the committment from the players, was outstanding. Everybody wanted to be there, to be involved and to play in this game. We take our analysis from this and try to do better of course."

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England manager Thomas Tuchel on the reaction to Saturday's 1-0 win against Andorra: "There was common sense in the dressing room, we all shared the same feeling that we could have done better.

"If we look at other top sides who have played Andorra, we created more xG than them. But we underperformed in our finishing and accuracy.

"We under performed clearly in the physical input into the game.

"But no harm done. If we had a better result maybe everyone would have felt differently, but if you don't have it then you accept the criticism. We have high demands of ourselves. We stay committed to our beliefs and to train.

"Yesterday in training we had an excellent performance and attitude. We watched the tennis together and football, there was a good atmosphere."

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Thomas Tuchel confirms it will be a much-changed England side which faces Senegal tomorrow, but declines to name names.

Here's what he had to say about the fall-out from Andorra...

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BBC football news reporter

Thomas Tuchel is speaking to the media for the first time since that disappointing win over Andorra.

After the match he said England had "played with fire" and given the tie a feeling of a "cup match" where the underdog could get something from the game.

Tuchel said he was going to tell the players exactly what he thought when they got back to St George's Park.

The match against Senegal is a step up in quality, even though it is only a friendly.

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As well as following this live text, you can also watch the England men's media conference with Thomas Tuchel and Bukayo Saka.

Manager Tuchel is speaking first, followed by Saka - who was absent against Andorra but who, on this basis, seems set to feature versus Senegal.

Click the play button at the top of our live page to tune in.

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Thomas Tuchel says it is "common sense" that England could and should have been better against Andorra.

"No harm done" as England got three points, but they "accept criticism" of the display.

Full quotes to follow.

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Here's Tommy...

Thomas Tuchel didn't like what he saw from his England players against Andorra, but he highlighted their attitude - rather than their laboured play - as his main concern.

"I was most worried in the last 20 minutes because I did not like the attitude that we ended the game with," said the German.

"I didn't like the lack of urgency and it did not match the occasion - it is still a World Cup qualifier. We will let them know [on Sunday] what we want from them.

"I think we lacked the seriousness and the urgency that is needed in a World Cup qualifier.

"I think we played with fire. I didn't like the attitude in the end. I didn't like the body language. It was not what the occasion needed."

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Former England goalkeeper Rob Green on Thomas Tuchel's team selection against Andorra: "The team selection is a strange one but it’s such a long way away from the World Cup and there is so much football to be played before it.

"Even then the World Cup lasts for a long time, so the team that start then might not be the team that reach the final.

"It’s a mile off where we are probably going to end up being [at the time of the World Cup]."

"There are question marks around it and I think Thomas Tuchel will have learnt a lot but it has left more question marks than answers."

England have the chance to get Saturday's disappointing performance against Andorra out of their system when they face Senegal on Tuesday.

The friendly match will take place at the City Ground in Nottingham, and will be the first meeting between the sides since England triumphed 3-0 in the 2022 World Cup round of 16.

Thomas Tuchel named an experimental line-up against Andorra, so expect several changes against Senegal.

Gary Flintoff
BBC Radio 5 Live reporter at St. George's Park

All set up and ready to go for the arrival of Thomas Tuchel and Bukayo Saka. The England head coach and Arsenal winger will also be chatting one on one to John Murray and Ian Dennis later for a bespoke edition of the Football Daily podcast.

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Former England goalkeeper Rob Green on England's performance against Andorra: "It was poor and there is no two ways about it.

"I am done, let's move on. What we can say is, when we have a really good performance, there is a standard set. They set the standard there [at Barcelona on Saturday] in a bad way.

"Tuchel has said okay, remember that, remember what you did do and what you didn’t do.

"That’s as bad as we can get, so let’s never go there again.

"Let’s move on and hope that tomorrow is better and brighter."

It wasn't great, was it?

As expected England dominated possession (83% v 17%), created more big chances (six v zero) and took more shots on target (10 v zero), but those stats don't tell the full story of what was largely a slow and sloppy performance.

Though Andorra goalkeeper Iker Alvarez did make nine saves, England's finishing was poor.

England were booed off by their fans at the break and at full-time, despite establishing a five point lead at the top of their World Cup qualifying group.

As boring as the match was, no England player will ever be judged for their performance against a team ranked 173rd in the world. The quicker they move on, the better.

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England fans booed the team during and after their match in Barcelona on Saturday.

Tuchel has warned his England side that he "won't hesitate to tell them the truth" after their performance against Andorra on Saturday.

"We can just admit that, it's not what we expect from us. We need to look at it in detail and do better on Tuesday." Tuchel said.

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