Thomas Tuchel tears into lacklustre England: ?I didn?t like the attitude?

• Kane?s goal secures 1-0 win over minnows Andorra
  
• ?We lacked seriousness. I didn?t like the body language?

Thomas Tuchel admitted England had ?played with fire? in their 1-0 win over Andorra, risking the concession of an equaliser and a draw that would have registered as perhaps their greatest humiliation since defeat to the USA in 1950. ?I felt it was like a cup game where the favourites don?t see the danger,? he said.

England won thanks to Harry Kane?s 50th-minute goal, leaving them top of the group on nine points without having conceded a goal. No previous England manager has ever begun with three successive victories to nil, but Tuchel was clearly very unhappy with the performance.
?I didn?t like the attitude how we ended the game,? he said. ?I liked the attitude how we started the game. But I didn?t like the last half hour. I think we lacked urgency and seriousness you need in a World Cup qualifier. I didn?t like the body language and it was not what the occasion needed.?
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