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Harry Kane opened the scoring for the Three Lions early on, but goals from Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diarra and Cheikh Sabaly helped Senegal to a 3-1 win.
Senegal’s Nicolas Jackson, left and England’s Trevoh Cahlobah vie for the ball during an international friendly match, at The City Ground, in Nottingham, England, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
The English football team suffered a 1-3 defeat at the hands of Senegal on Wednesday in a friendly encounter between the sides at the City Ground in Nottingham.
Harry Kane opened the scoring for the Three Lions early on, but goals from Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diarra and Cheikh Sabaly helped the Lions of Teranga to a win.
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The loss was head coach Thomas Tuchel’s first defeat at the helm of the Three Lions since taking over.
“We need to see the players under these kinds of conditions against one of the top 20 teams in the world to be smarter,” the German said.
“We don’t go next week to the World Cup. We go in one year,” the England gaffer added.
“Not good enough. We had moments, but with and without the ball things aren’t clicking, we’re not finding the right tempo,” Kane said reflecting on the defeat.
“We’ve lost that aggressive nature that we had,” the English skipper added.
“We’re not going to panic but we know we need to be better,” said the Bayern Munich forward.
“New ideas, there’s new players coming into the team that don’t have experience at international level. It’s a mixture of things but no excuses,” the 31-year-old continued.
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“We need to find it quick, the World Cup is going to come around really fast so every camp is really important right now,” the star striker concluded.
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