Tuchel strives to 'keep pushing' England to Spain's level despite Nations League loss

[p]The world champions were headed for a first competitive defeat in three-and-a-half years as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] led 2-1 at half-time and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/spain-bLyo6mco/?mid=C42ySF3j"]then missed the chance to add to their lead[/a] when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Harry Kane[/a]'s penalty rattled off the woodwork.[/p][p]But two sloppy defensive errors cost Tuchel's men for both [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a]'s first two goals.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guehi-marc/KEeklutO/"]Marc Guehi[/a] was caught in possession by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lamine-yamal/lAt3vEub/"]Lamine Yamal[/a] for the visitors' early opener before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/o-reilly-nico/xOrYaNWc/"]Nico O'Reilly[/a]'s wayward pass that led to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baena-alex/bmeQTB92/"]Alex Baena[/a]'s equaliser swung momentum back in Spain's direction.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oyarzabal-mikel/dQ1P695O/"]Mikel Oyarzabal[/a] then completed the comeback by scoring the winner, just as he did when the sides met in the final of Euro 2024.[/p][p]Defeat means England have won just six of their last 16 matches against opponents ranked in FIFA's top 10.[/p][p]"[b]I was not in charge for these 16 matches, for sure not and I think we did everything today to beat Spain,[/b]" said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tuchel-thomas/CQTUFgPk/"]Tuchel[/a].[/p][p]"[b]Details matter on this kind of level. Like I said, the amount of clear-cut mistakes was too high on our side today, unfortunately, and in the last 20 metres they were more composed and more clinical to convert our ball-losses into clear-cut chances.[/b]"[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="6c169154-565d-4b85-a13b-547081bad93a" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="578c28fd-7604-4464-a168-22b1ae858eaf" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Tuchel was seeking a response to silence his critics for a series of defensive-minded substitutions as England also surrendered a lead to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a] in the World Cup semi-finals.[/p][p]This time there was no lack of ambition in a wildly open encounter, but Tuchel conceded that England are still not able to produce consistently for 90 minutes.[/p][p]"[b]We will keep on pushing this team,[/b]" added Tuchel.[/p][p]"[b]We proved it at the World Cup that we are capable to do it in tournaments. Today we cannot prove it in the result, but I think the way we played was enough to beat them.[/b]"[/p][p]England now face a double header against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/czech-republic/6LHwBDGU/"]Czech Republic[/a] either side of a trip to Croatia over the next 10 days.[/p]