Thomas Tuchel insisted his English stars for 'Playing with Fire' in Saturday night's lifeless world cup on Andorra, and said they were lucky that they were not burned in Barcelona.
Harry Kane scored the winner of the second half, although the three lions were boelded during the break and then again full -time. The supporters of England also focused on Keir Starmer and sing that the prime minister could be seen between expressing their frustration with football.
Although Tuchel said that he did not hear those songs against Starmer, he admitted that he could not blame the fans for making the performance and comparing with the favorites in a cup match that acted arrogantly as if they had no reason to worry.
“I think we finally played with fire,” said Tuchel. 'I almost felt it like in a cup game in which the favorite does not smell the danger. I didn't feel a team that knew it was only 1-0 in a world cup qualification. Step by step, the energy decreased when we needed exactly the opposite.
“But we couldn't deliver and so we got away with a victory. I think we have still earned the victory and we have three victories and three clean sheets. We will not stop encouraging them and make it clear after we have carefully examined the competition what we want from them.
'I didn't like the attitude how we ended the game. I liked the attitude how we started, the first 25 minutes, but I didn't like the last 25. I think we missed the severity and urgency that is needed in a world cup qualification. I think we played with fire. I didn't like the attitude in the end. I didn't like body language. It was not what the opportunity needed. '
England will be confronted with Senegal on Tuesday afterwards in a friendly city of Nottingham Forest, and Tuchel added: 'The Booing is OK. First of all, the support was great, incredible, it created a fantastic atmosphere for a match like this. When I came out, I was immediately excited.
'They were impressed and not happy with our performance, especially with how we ended up in the first half. I don't think we can blame them for that. We can't even blame them for how we ended the competition. '
When singing against starmer, he added: 'I didn't hear anything about offensive songs or songs. If it happened, it is of course not acceptable, but I have not heard. '
England captain Harry Kane added: 'It is not one that many will remember and we had good spells, but we take the three points and continue. Noni (Madueke) was a constant threat and we need more of it. We have great players and we need players who hire and continue to do players. He played very well. We should definitely be better. '