England 3-0 Latvia LIVE REACTION: Tuchel ‘has brought the passion’ says Kane as James explains muted celebration
Thomas Tuchel capped the perfect start to his England tenure as the Three Lions ran out comfortable 3-0 winners over Latvia.
Tuchel made a winning start to life on the touchline at Wembley as they beat Albania 2-0 in their first World Cup qualifier on Friday.
Gareth Southgate’s successor has now become the first permanent England manager to be victorious in their first two competitive games in charge since Fabio Capello in 2008.
Two first-time international goalscorers, Reece James and Eberechi Eze, on either side of a customary Harry Kane goal sealed the win.
And that's it from us!
Reece James scored a stunning goal that inspired England to another win as they brushed aside Latvia at Wembley.
Thomas Tuchel oversaw a 3-0 victory as the Three Lions made it two wins from two in their World Cup qualifying campaign.
After the second match of the new era, talkSPORT's Adrian Durham rated the players that featured at Wembley.
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Tuchel: 'We will get there'
England boss Thomas Tuchel, speaking to ITV: "It was not an easy match. We saw a lot of good things, created good chances. We needed a free-kick to unlock it. I'm happy with the attitude, energy and desire. We will get there.
"I know Reecey [James] and the quality the boy has is amazing. He has every right to be proud and happy with his performance. He is in excellent shape. He looks sharp, in shape and the quality there can be no doubt.
"The second half we started to slow the game down and made little movement, which makes no sense. But the second goal was better as we showed acceleration from one of our sixes.
"We encourage everyone to have these late accelerations but we struggled a bit until the goal."
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England captain Harry Kane, speaking to ITV: "I think there were more patterns of play, more chances than Friday.
"But again it was tough, playing against 11 behind the ball. Overall we can be pleased with two wins and two clean sheets.
"We had to be patient. Thomas Tuchel is fantastic, he has settled in straight away and it's a pleasure to have him as coach - the energy, the passion, the tactical analysis has been top draw.
"We'll get better as we go. He's pleased and we're pleased to have him."
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Eze: 'Good to contribute'
England goalscorer Eberechi Eze, speaking to ITV: "It was a strong performance from us. It was important to win.
"I always want to impact the game whenever I play. Today it has come off, it is good to contribute.";
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Reece James, speaking to ITV: "It has been a long time, I have had a frustrating two years.
"I'm so happy to be called up by my country again. I saw the wall and felt I could bend it round. I was a bit surprised it hit the net.
"Thomas Tuchel's ideas are clear. We have one objective and that starts this week right up until the World Cup."
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Manchester United legend Roy Keane told ITV: "If this was a school report it would be a C+.
"It's a good start for the manager to get two wins on the board. But the end product wasn't great.
"There's lots more to come from them. It was OK."
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The final whistle is sounded and Thomas Tuchel becomes the first permanent England manager to be victorious in their first two competitive games in charge since Fabio Capello in 2008.
Some moments of brilliant individual quality but not quite the free-flowing attacking football the German promised to introduce.
Plenty of encouragement however with back-to-back wins, six points, five goals scored and two clean sheets to start the Tuchel era.
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88' - A positive evening all in all for Marcus Rashford even without getting on the scoresheet himself.
Rashford created 6 chances in the game, only managing more for the Three Lions once before in his career - 7 v Lithuania in March 2017.
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83' - The Three Lions have four players aged 30-plus on the pitch - Jordan Pickford, Harry Kane, Jordan Henderson and Kyle Walker.
And unfortunately for Nottingham Forest fans - and still no Morgan Gibbs-White.
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80' - Harry Kane has scored 17 goals in his last 17 international appearances at Wembley.
It's also three goal involvements in three matches for Declan Rice for England (1 goal, 2 assists) and six in his last nine.
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78' - A raft of changes from Thomas Tuchel with the result now assured as Rashford, Rice and Lewis-Skelly both depart.
Kyle Walker, Curtis Jones and Jordan Henderson are both sent on!
GOAL!! England 3-0 Latvia Eberechi Eze
75' - ANOTHER FIRST-TIME ENGLAND GOALSCORER!
It's quite a brilliant solo effort from the Crystal Palace substitute as he's fed into space down the wing and cuts inside.
He twists and turns two defenders inside out before firing towards the far corner and a fortunate deflection takes it into the net.
England 2-0 Latvia
72' - Declan Rice has assisted in each of his last two England games, setting up Harry Kane on both occasions.
That's as many assists as in his first 62 international caps.
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70' - On record since (since June 2012), only Conor Coady in November 2021 (90/90 vs San Marino) and John Stones in December 2022 (71/71 vs France) have made more passes in an England game while maintaining a 100% completion rate than Reece James this evening (70/70 in the opening 65 minutes).
GOAL!! England 2-0 Latvia Harry Kane
68' - THE CAPTAIN BACK ON THE SCORESHEET!
It's one of the simplest Kane's ever had at Wembley but he won't mind one jot.
Morgan Rogers drifts inside and waits to feed Declan Rice following the latter's burst of speed inside the right channel.
Without looking up, the Arsenal midfielder squares a low ball across the face of goal from the touchline.
And an unmarked Kane is ready to tap home from a yard away!
Seventy-one England goals for Kane in 105 appearances.
England 1-0 Latvia
67' - Jude Bellingham is spared a potential second yellow card as his number goes up and the Real Madrid man trudges off.
Thomas Tuchel seemingly reassures the 21-year-old as he walks off and Phil Foden comes on in his favoured central area.
England 1-0 Latvia CHANCE
64' - Harry Kane fires wide!
He's not had many opportunities tonight but he can't make the most of the half-chance that comes his way.
The England captain is fed in a central area from the edge of the box and shifts the ball to set up the angle but his whipped effort is wide.
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61' - Changes from both dugouts and a first sub from Thomas Tuchel as Jarrod Bowen's evening is over.
Crystal Palace's Eze is on for his first appearance under the new manager.
For Lativa, Vladislavs Gutkovskis and Raivis Jurkovskis are off - Dario Šits and Eduards Dašķevičs on.
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58' - Very risky from Jude Bellingham!
Already on a yellow card, the Real Madrid man goes lunging in on Raivis Jurkovskis.
He gets a touch on the ball which is probably what saves him but the Latvian players clamour around the referee calling for another card.
Bellingham avoids an early bath but is certainly now on a tightrope!
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56' - Roberts Savaļnieks is unable to continue after sustaining that earlier knock and the visitors make the game's first change.
Veteran centre-back Vitalijs Jagodinskis is on in his place!
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53' - 5 chances created by Marcus Rashford so far.
He's only created more for England twice before - 7 v Lithuania 2017-03-26 and 6 v Slovakia 2017-09-04.
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51' - A stoppage in play disrupts England's momentum as Roberts Savalnieks goes down with an injury and needs treatment.
Declan Rice is among the players angling to the referee that Latvia have managed to slow the game down for too long.
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48' - Marcus Rashford and Jarrod Bowen have swapped wings to start the second half.
A surprisingly tactical tweak from Thomas Tuchel considering Rashford's involvement in may of England's play down the left.
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46' - No changes from either side as the game gets restarted!
21 crosses for England, the most they've attempted in the first half of a game since October 2013 vs Poland (25).
What has Thomas Tuchel worked on during the break?
'Don't mention that!'
Reece James is the first defender to score a direct free-kick goal for England at Wembley since Stuart Pearce against Turkey in 1992.
Fortunately for talkSPORT listeners, we have the former England captain on commentary duty for his record to be broken!
However, Pearcey was jokingly left aghast by how many years it's taken another defender to step up and deliver at Wembley!
He told talkSPORT: "How can it take that long for a defender to take a free-kick and put the ball where the keeper isn't?"
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