{"id":175221,"date":"2025-06-11T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175221\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:53:18","slug":"ian-wright-explains-big-thomas-tuchel-mistake-after-england-crash-to-nightmare-senegal-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175221\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright explains big Thomas Tuchel mistake after England crash to nightmare Senegal defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England suffered a humiliating 3-1 defeat to Senegal at the City Ground on Tuesday evening, marking their first-ever loss to an African nation.<\/p>\n<p>The result capped off a dismal international fortnight for Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Ismalia Sarr, Habiba Diarra and a 93rd-minute strike from Cheikh Sabaly sealed a deserved victory for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane had given England an early lead with his 73rd international goal, but the Three Lions failed to build on their promising start.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"c0c6f\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"778320d247d48fa8f205957c4880a985\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202270%203001'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/harry-kane.jpg\" width=\"2270\" height=\"3001\" alt=\"Harry Kane\"\/>Harry Kane tapped in the opener to put England ahead on the nightReuters<\/p>\n<p>The defeat followed a lacklustre 1-0 victory over Andorra last week, where England were booed off at half-time.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel made 10 changes for the Senegal match, but his reshuffled side showed little improvement and was comprehensively outplayed.<\/p>\n<p>Former England striker Ian Wright expressed serious concerns about the team&#8217;s performance, claiming the players were not on the same wavelength as a result of Tuchel&#8217;s squad rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on ITV, Wright said: \u201cI don\u2019t want to make excuses but ten changes coming off the back of a poor result against Andorra, you want some stability in the team, familiarity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUST IN: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/sport\/football\/roy-keane-england-senegal-kyle-walker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roy Keane slams &#8216;lazy&#8217; England star who &#8216;can&#8217;t be bothered&#8217; after dreadful Senegal defeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"1c9bd\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"cb14608874588cc4b571a0fd44e354c9\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201920%201080'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ian-wright.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Ian Wright\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ian Wright felt the team needed &#8216;stability&#8217; after Thomas Tuchel named 10 changes<\/p>\n<p>ITV<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You want to play well, get it going and maybe bring the subs on that way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From the start, there wasn&#8217;t no cohesion, weren&#8217;t really clicking. I thought one-on-ones were very good and the crossing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we wasn&#8217;t passing through their lines. We wasn&#8217;t causing them enough problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by admitting England&#8217;s goal came through an &#8220;indecisive&#8221; attempt to play out of the back by Senegal, and that the African side deserved the victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/sport\/#:~:text=England%20star%20must%20never%20play%20again%20with%20Thomas%20Tuchel%20already%20under%20pressure%20after%20Senegal%20defeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England star must never play again with Thomas Tuchel already under pressure after Senegal defeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane shared Wright&#8217;s assessment, stating: &#8220;England, on one hand, you don&#8217;t want to overreact but the signs aren&#8217;t great. It&#8217;s been a bad couple of days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keane went further in his criticism, suggesting deeper problems within the England camp.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I look at this England group, I know we&#8217;re on the outside looking in, I think there&#8217;s something amiss there,&#8221; he continued. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They don&#8217;t look like a happy group. Obviously, they&#8217;ll be disappointed with the result, I don&#8217;t mean in that sense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But are they all in it together? Is there that proper spirit amongst the group? I&#8217;m not so sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LATEST SPORTS NEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"dc017\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"5ae27c213e2e71942ffd6b8e51e53086\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201920%201080'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/roy-keane.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Roy Keane\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane questioned whether the England squad were even &#8216;in it together&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>ITV<\/p>\n<p>Wright emphasised that resolving these issues falls squarely on Tuchel&#8217;s shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s best that he finds out as early as possible simply because he knows the job he&#8217;s got in hand,&#8221; Wright said, adding that the German manager must get the players to gel and play with freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The former Arsenal star also slammed referee Stephanie Frappart&#8217;s decision to disallow Jude Bellingham&#8217;s late equaliser, after visiting the VAR monitor.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham had the ball in the net after a scramble in the Senegal area, but referee Stephanie Frappart disallowed the goal following a VAR review.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came despite replays showing the ball hit Levi Colwill&#8217;s arm, arguably on the shoulder, unintentionally, and he was not the scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Wright called the decision &#8220;pathetic&#8221; and argued: &#8220;It&#8217;s not deliberate though. He&#8217;s not even looking. How can you give that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham&#8217;s frustration boiled over after the final whistle, as he confronted the linesman before angrily kicking a drinks cooler.<\/p>\n<p>Kane had to intervene, pushing his teammate onto the pitch to calm down and acknowledge Senegal&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>England skipper Kane echoed Wright&#8217;s verdict and strongly criticised the VAR decision that denied his side a potential equaliser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you know the rules it&#8217;s not handball,&#8221; Kane told ITV. &#8220;It would have got us back in the game at 2-2 and maybe we would have gone on and won the game so it&#8217;s quite a big moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversial decision, Kane refused to make excuses for England&#8217;s poor display: &#8220;We&#8217;re not going to panic but for sure, we know that we need to be better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are some ideas that are new for the guys, we have new players coming into the team who don&#8217;t have experience at the international level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the World Cup approaching rapidly, Kane stressed the urgency of improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England suffered a humiliating 3-1 defeat to Senegal at the City Ground on Tuesday evening, marking their first-ever&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,94,4884,12,512,93,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-175221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sgg","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114663889726909188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}