After England suffered a 2-3 home defeat to Spain in their opening UEFA Nations League group match, manager Thomas Tuchel attended a press conference. What follows is an excerpt from that press conference.

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Thomas, England's record against the top 10 teams in the world isn't great—just six wins in 16 matches. I know you've spoken often about the gap narrowing...

(Interrupting) That's exactly why I was surprised by this statistic, because I think we beat three of the top 10 teams at the World Cup. But it's interesting that when we win, nobody mentions it; but as soon as we lose one match, everyone pulls out this statistic. Okay, please go ahead.

What you just said actually changes the question I was going to ask. So, given your response, do you feel you haven't received enough credit this summer?

No, that's just how it is. I was clearly not the manager for those 16 matches. And I think we did everything today to beat Spain. At the highest level of competition, details determine success or failure. As I said, unfortunately, we made far too many clear mistakes today, and in the final third, they were more composed, calmer, and more efficient in converting our errors into good chances.

That said, this is part of football. We still had control and opportunities to beat them. So yes, we'll keep pushing and motivating this team. We proved at the World Cup that we're capable of doing this in international competitions. Today, we didn't prove it in terms of the result, but I think our performance today was good enough to beat them—it's just that the scoreline doesn't reflect that.

Good evening, Thomas. There were quite a few substitutions tonight. Both Morgans—Gibbs-White and Rogers—came off the bench, and the team's technical level didn't seem to drop. Although you didn't change the scoreline after they came on, are you satisfied with the performance of your substitute players?

How satisfied am I with the substitutes?

Yes, with the players who came on from the bench and the impact they had on the match, even though they didn't really score...

The situation was difficult. It's a tough moment for them to come on as substitutes. We needed to inject energy and running power, particularly in terms of pressing shape without the ball, to be able to push forward from the center-back area. It's difficult because the opponent had regained momentum.

So yes, everyone on the bench deserves to play—they always want to play, and they all do their best. Against the best teams in the world, it's difficult to come off the bench and change the situation. But I have no complaints or concerns about the substitutes. At that point, I felt everyone was a bit tired from their tremendous effort, which is why we made the changes. I think Spain used all their substitutions, and we used all of ours; it's all very normal.

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