England vs Senegal LIVE: Thomas Tuchel’s facet fail to impress once more as Senegal seal historic win
Thomas Tuchel’s winning start as England manager came to an emphatic end as Senegal sealed a shock victory to become the first African side to beat the Three Lions.
Harry Kane gave the hosts an early lead but were pegged back before half-time, with Ismaila Sarr catching Kyle Walker napping to bring parity.
England failed to pick up the pace after the break and were punished by Habib Diarra as Tuchel’s defence was opened up far too easily, with the midfielder slotting through Henderson to send the away end into raptures.
Jude Bellingham then had a late equaliser ruled out by referee Stephanie Rappart for handball before England’s fate was sealed in stoppage time, with Cheikh Sabaly finishing off a lightning counter to condemn Tuchel to his first defeat in the England dugout.
Follow all the build-up and minute-by-minute action ahead of the international friendly:
FULL-TIME! England 1-3 Senegal
Thomas Tuchel becomes the first England manager to suffer defeat to an African side.
Boos rain in from around the City Ground. That was pretty dire.
GOAL! England 1-3 Senegal (Sabaly, 90+3′)
Senegal will be the first African side to beat England. And that goal sums up their performance over the past two games.
It started with England hesitating over a dead ball, before Madueke’s eventual delivery didn’t even make it into the box.
From then, Senegal countered like lightning, with Sabaly finishing it off seal England’s fate.
England 1-2 Senegal
90 mins: FIVE minutes added on.
Madueke absolutely skins his man down the right, nutmegging him as he dances into the box, but can’t do any proper damage.
England 1-2 Senegal
88 mins: One more throw of the dice for Tuchel. Toney is finally on.
GOAL DISALLOWED! England 1-2 Senegal
85 mins: Frappart goes to the monitor and decides to rule out the goal for handball against Levi Colwill in the build-up to Jude Bellingham finish.
It wasn’t deliberate, and Colwill wasn’t the goalscorer, which usually means VAR doesn’t rule it out. Thomas Tuchel will feel hard done by there.
GOAL! England 2-2 Senegal (Bellingham, 83′)
Jude Bellingham come to England’s rescue again!
Madueke’s corner falls into the Real Madrid midfielder’s path, allowing him to prod home!
But wait – there’s a VAR check for handball…
England 1-2 Senegal
81 mins: Morgan Rogers goes down in the box but it’s a good challenge rather than a penalty, with the hosts awarded a corner.
Nothing comes from the delivery as Bellingham heads wayward.
Senegal then make a change as Jackson comes off for Dia.
England 1-2 Senegal
80 mins: There is one year and one day until the 2026 World Cup kicks off.
The hope was that Thomas Tuchel would deliver international football’s most coveted prize – but this team hardly look capable of getting out of the group.
Ten minutes to go and England need an equaliser to, at least in part, avoid embarrassment.
Positive impact from fan favourite Gibbs-White
Morgan Gibbs-White has at least been involved in a couple of chances since he came on, first drawing a save from Mendy and then setting up Bukayo Saka to do likewise.
There were plenty of chants of his name when the Forest favourite came on. Not too many have enhanced their reputations tonight but perhaps he will.
