England vs Senegal LIVE: Team information and line-ups as Bukayo Saka makes first begin beneath Thomas Tuchel
England will be hoping for a far better showing in their second engagement of the international window with Senegal their opponents in Nottingham.
Thomas Tuchel was left furious with a lacklustre performance against Andorra as his side scraped to a 1-0 win against overmatched opposition.
The expectation will be of significant improvements against a Senegal side likely to provide far more forward threat.
In these early days of Tuchel’s time as head coach, he will see every match as vital as England begin to build in earnest towards next year’s World Cup.
Follow all the build-up and minute-by-minute action ahead of the international friendly:
England 0-0 Senegal
2 mins: First shot of the night goes the way of Senegal, and already, alarm bells will be ringing for Tuchel.
One ball completely cuts open Rice and Gallagher in midfield and allows Gueye to get a shot away, which rolls through to Henderson.
KICK-OFF! England 0-0 Senegal
We are (finally) underway at the City Ground!
Garibaldi fan group hold up special tifo
The Garibaldi fan group have held up a huge tifo celebrating Viv Anderson, Nottingham Forest’s European Cup-winning right-back and the man recognised as England’s first black player.
The teams are out
Four and a half minutes behind schedule, the teams finally take to the City Ground.
Here come the national anthems…
Senegal making England wait
Referee Frappart has poked her head around the door to try and coax the Senegal team out of their dressing room while the England team wait in the tunnel.
Kick-off will be a couple minutes delayed because of this bizarre hold up.
T-minus five minutes until kick-off!
Just five minutes to go until things kick off at the City Ground!
Can England produce a more acceptable performance after the inadequacies of Andorra? Or will Senegal inflict more woe to Thomas Tuchel’s side?
Stay tuned for minute-by-minute updates from the friendly, next.
Thomas Tuchel won’t pull punches when criticising England
Thomas Tuchel says England cannot shy away from criticism if they are to make the improvements required to win the World Cup.
Asked if it was a risk being so publicly critical of the team, Tuchel responded: “What risk? You were in the stadium. What should I tell you? That we played a good match and are happy.
“The risk is only that you exaggerate it and make something of it that was not there. Everything I said I said already to the team. There is no harm done.
“We were not happy and no single player will be happy with what we showed today. Why would the coach be? And why would we be shy of saying so?
“If we want to get better, we first need to address that we were not happy with the end of both halves.”
England v Senegal referee: Who is history-making female official Stephanie Frappart?
The French referee etched her own name in Three Lions history back in 2023 when she became the first female to oversee an England men’s senior game when they took on Australia at Wembley.
Thomas Tuchel plays down pressure of England job after Andorra near miss: ‘I have felt more’
Thomas Tuchel says he is “always ready” for the pressure of managing England, having “felt more” of it in his career.
“The biggest pressure comes from myself. We have three wins and three clean sheets and we have a friendly match on Tuesday. I have felt more pressure than that.”
