Tuchel hails England’s biggest win under his management

Thomas Tuchel has described England’s 3-2 victory over Spain as the best win of his reign as his side topped their Nations League group.

England ended Spain’s 43-game unbeaten run in Madrid thanks to goals from Harry Kane, Ezri Konsa and Ben White, despite playing the final half an hour with ten men after Elliot Anderson was sent off.

Asked whether it was his best victory as England boss, Tuchel said: “Given the circumstances, against who and where we played, yeah.”

The England manager compared the pressure his side faced late on to their World Cup meeting with Mexico at the Azteca.

“It was like at the Azteca,” he said.

“Against this team, half an hour feels like two hours.

“Without the red card, I think we had a clear win.”

Tuchel was particularly pleased with the mentality England demonstrated against the world champions.

“What we’re made of, what we can do, that we trust the process and that we’re hungry enough to develop and always ready to push our limits,” he said when asked what his team showed.

“We had the best result in 60 years at the World Cup and we were not happy with it and wanted to get better.

“We bridged the gap and the things we wanted to improve, we did.

“It’s impressive what we’ve done in the last two camps, so full credit to the team.”