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Thomas Tuchel denies England players were distracted by Manchester City verdict

The Guardian Australia (Sport)
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  • Tuchel says England ‘will learn’ from 3-2 loss to Spain.
  • News that City had been found guilty on all but one of the 115 charges against them broke on Friday afternoon, dragging the attention away from England’s preparations for their Nations League game against the world champions at Wembley a day later.
  • England went behind when Lamine Yamal punished an error from Guéhi.
  • England are away at Czechia on Tuesday, visit Croatia next Saturday and host Czechia on 6 October before this camp ends.

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While defensive errors proved costly Tuchel is confident that the storm encircling City is not an issue.

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Tuchel says England ‘will learn’ from 3-2 loss to Spain.

Thomas Tuchel denied that Manchester City being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules is a distraction for the club’s England representatives after Nico O’Reilly and Marc Guéhi made costly errors during the 3-2 defeat by Spain.

News that City had been found guilty on all but one of the 115 charges against them broke on Friday afternoon, dragging the attention away from England’s preparations for their Nations League game against the world champions at Wembley a day later.

Although England met demands to play on the front foot after collapsing in their World Cup semi-final against Argentina they lived to regret Harry Kane missing a penalty when they led Spain 2-1 in the second half.

Tuchel was not booed by the Wembley crowd and took the positives from a bright England display, but he was disappointed his team could not end Spain’s 39-match unbeaten run. “We will try to do a review tomorrow.”

England went behind when Lamine Yamal punished an error from Guéhi. Spain displayed their technical class and showed their strength in depth by bringing on Álex Baena and Mikel Oyarzabal to turn the game with two clinical strikes.

Tuchel felt it was a missed opportunity and he explained that his decision to leave Trent Alexander-Arnold on the bench was because of Jarell Quansah’s defensive prowess at right-back.

England are away at Czechia on Tuesday, visit Croatia next Saturday and host Czechia on 6 October before this camp ends. Tuchel picked James Trafford over Jordan Pickford and will give the Leeds goalkeeper another chance against Czechia.

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