England 1 – 3 Senegal
True to the big hints he has dropped, Thomas Tuchel has dropped Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford from his imperious position as England’s Number 1 for tonight’s International friendly against Senegal at Nottingham’s City Ground.
This is only the second meeting between England and Senegal. The previous match was at the 2022 World Cup when Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka scored in a 3-0 win to book a place in the quarter-finals.
Last Friday, Senegal – ranked 19th in the world – drew 1-1 against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin, with substitute Ismaila Sarr scoring a late equaliser, extending their current unbeaten run to 23 games.
Idrissa Gana Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye both start for Senegal, playing an international in England for the first time ever.
England: Henderson, Walker, Colwill, Chalobah, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Gallagher, Eze, Saka, Kane, Gordon.
Subs: Pickford, James, Konsa, Gibbs-White, Henderson, Bellingham, Burn, Toney, Alexander-Arnold, Jones, Rogers, Madueke, Palmer, Trafford.
Senegal: E Mendy, Koulibaly, I Gueye, Diarra, Jackson, Camara, I Ndiaye, Siatta, Sarr, Niakhate, E Diouf.
Subs: Y Diouf, Camara Mamadou, Seck, Dia, Sabaly, C Ndiaye, Jakobs, Niasse, I Gueye, Sima, Diaw, A Mendy, P Gueye,
19:45 England v Senegal — ITV 1
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Brian Wilkinson
1 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:32:21
Then Ndiaye runs to Touchal with a I love Jordan Pickford tshirt under his shirt, be quality that.
Colin Glassar
2 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:33:03
Thats Pickford finished as a regular starter for England. The media campaign has succeeded. Cmon Senegal. Batter them.
James Fletcher
3 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:37:50
Find it odd to change the keeper for this – you want to see how he gets on with the defence. Pickford had a much better season than Henderson with Dean’s only real claim being that he was lucky to not lose his team the cup
Rob Halligan
4 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:37:59
I think it was always on the cards that Tuchel would play either Henderson or Trafford. Kane keeps his place though.
Colin Glassar
5 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:40:57
Kane can hardly run but hey ho, the media love him.
Paul Kossoff
6 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:41:48
I’ve always been in a mind that I don’t want any Everton players in any of the international squads.
Colin Glassar
7 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:48:35
Ndiaye hat-trick and a MotM performance from Gana will do for me.
Colin Crooks
8 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:52:46
Worth a little punt ?
John Chambers
9 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:54:37
Shocking use of his feet by Henderson just booting the ball the length of the pitch to the opposition keeper 1 out of 10
Colin Crooks
10 Posted
10/06/2025 at
19:58:24
Perhaps not. They’ve just gone 16/1
Robert Tressell
11 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:02:37
I know we got to finals etc but it was increasingly miserable watching under Southgate with the most outstanding group of players I have ever seen for England. Somehow Tuchel has really sucked even more life out of it.
Michael Kenrick
12 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:10:59
I’m sure someone is going to be offended!
Paul Smith
13 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:15:23
German wanker.
Colin Glassar
14 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:15:36
The ginger rat missed a sitter
Mike Connolly
15 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:19:54
Pickford Englands loss our Gain
Liam Mogan
16 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:20:06
You have 12 months until the World Cup, wouldn’t you start planning now? Playing systems, patterns of play, formations, squad selection etc.
It all just seems like random, try anything, try anyone, rubbish to me.
Robert Birks
17 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:26:03
Free kick. Free kick. Free kick. Free kick. You get the idea!
Lee Courtliff
18 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:26:56
It’s only a friendly, he hasn’t been Dropped until its a meaningful, competitive game.
Colin Glassar
19 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:28:39
Constant anti-Pickford commentary. ABP apparently
Alan McGuffog
20 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:29:28
They really hate Everton, don’t they.
Billy Birmingham
21 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:30:07
I hope our players come out injury-free.
Tuchel will be playing in the remake of Nosferatu before he knows it!
Christy Ring
22 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:30:29
It’s a friendly, he played in the World Cup qualifier on Saturday, of course he’s going to change it. You could also say he dropped Bellingham and Palmer?
Steve Dowdeswell
23 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:30:42
So form counts for nothing under the new England regime…
Phil Roberts
24 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:30:44
End of game, Tuchel orders truck load of cotton wool in which to wrap Jordan between matches.
Rob Halligan
25 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:30:53
Where were you, Henderson?
Michael Kenrick
26 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:31:15
He didn’t save that one!
Colin Glassar
27 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:32:08
Pickers wouldve saved that
Andrew Ellams
28 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:33:07
He’d be mad if he didn’t, a year out from the World Cup and virtually zero caps sitting on the bench.
Charles Brewer
29 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:33:17
Apparently, for some reason I can’t quite work out, playing in goal in a team in some dreary Eurokickaround competition makes you a better goalkeeper than someone who has saved penalties in international competitions against the best in the world and has proved very good in penalty shootouts (which England have been so good at over the years).
Still, at least I can enjoy supporting a team with Ndiaye and Gana!!!
Ian Bennett
30 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:33:22
Don’t understand how or why Walker is in the squad when you’ve Reece and Arnold tbh
Liam Mogan
31 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:34:52
They are playing with a system and the players know their roles. England just running around doing very little. They’ll get chances but it’s not as a result of any strategy, its just because some of the players have quality.
Tuchel is getting much less than the sum of the parts. Which for a coach is the worst you can do.
Colin Glassar
32 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:37:09
Bring back Sir Alf
Charles Brewer
33 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:38:08
Where are those songs about our beloved Prime Minister? That’s the only reason I’ve put this stuff on.
Liam Mogan
34 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:39:34
Difficult to make a proper judgement after 45 mins, but the LB for Senegal, Diouf has been impressive. Kept Saka quiet and offered a lot going forward.
Michael Kenrick
35 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:41:48
It’s just a simple statement of a simple fact.
But I can try clickbait if you want.
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Maybe not.
Thomas Waddell
36 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:43:46
There are some decent players on the Sen side, maybe Moyes should be looking there
Colin Glassar
37 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:44:15
Theres no rhyme or reason to Englands game. Eleven individuals with another imported dud as a manager who, appears to, allows the London Evening Standard pick his squad.
Danny O’Neill
39 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:53:09
Sounded like Senegal played well.
I’ve just caught up with the highlights at half time. The defending for the Senegal equaliser was poor. The full back makes little effort, enabling the Senegal player to play in a nice first time pass. Then the centre back allows the scorer to ghost past him, as if he wasn’t there.
Brian Williams
40 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:55:01
Tuchel has to give the backup keeper some minutes some time so nothing to see here.
Good to see Illi skin Clare Balding, just need him to score now.
Mark Murphy
41 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:55:57
Colin @2
100%
Fcuk England – Id love Pickford to announce his International retirement to concentrate on his club career. See how theyll swivel and accuse him of deserting them if he did that.
Fcuk England, Fcuk the skunks, Fcuk the media, in fact, Fcuk anyone who isnt an Evertonian -theyre all cnuts!
UTFT
Andrew Grey
42 Posted
10/06/2025 at
20:57:48
Wtf is that comment about?
Christy Ring
43 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:02:10
Michael #35 It is a bit dramatic, we all like headlines, but how are you dropped for a “friendly “really!
Colin Glassar
44 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:10:34
100% Mark and Henderson nutmegged 😂😂😂
Andrew Merrick
45 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:11:08
Oops
Rob Halligan
46 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:11:17
Oh dear, Henderson beaten through his legs!
Colin Glassar
47 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:11:23
Tuchel raus!!
Brian Williams
48 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:11:38
Come back Pickers. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Neil Copeland
49 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:11:39
Through the keepers legs, oops!
Liam Mogan
50 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:11:55
Goalie just got megged
Steve Shave
51 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:11:55
If I was Pickers i’d be fucking fuming about this, he has been a tremendous servant to his country. Honestly, when has he EVER let them down? Really ups it for big tournaments too. I like Henderson but what big game experience does he have?
Charles Brewer
52 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:12:23
Colin, yes, but Pickford “has short arms” and “always has a mistake in him”. We know this because we are told it every match
Jay Harris
53 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:13:01
Up yours Tuchel.
Liam Mogan
54 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:14:07
No matter what the walking cadaver Tuchel thinks.
Paul Hewitt
55 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:14:35
Can we stop saying Pickfords been dropped, he’s not it’s a friendly tuchel is going to try other players. Once it’s a proper game Pickford will be back.
Rob Halligan
56 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:15:03
Illy taking the piss down the right wing!
Danny O’Neill
57 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:15:57
Simple ball over the top, perfectly time run by the forward and the static England defenders left chasing his shadow.
Charles Brewer
58 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:16:22
Paul (55), but we’re enjoying this! Pickford gets dropped and England start shipping goals!
James Fletcher
59 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:17:08
He’s taken Kane and Gallagher off and we already look better with forward looking players
Colin Glassar
60 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:17:14
England are better without media heart throb, Kane.
Liam Mogan
61 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:17:14
I know hes injured, but this wonky eared, comb-over tool, has selected them (and Quansah ffs) before Jarrad in previous squads.
Tuchel doesn’t have scooby.
Rob Halligan
62 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:18:00
For once Paul is right, but its not what the BBC, Talksport or the English media want to see.
Rob Halligan
63 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:22:21
That might have looked a decent save by Henderson, but he pushed the ball back into the danger zone instead of away from goal. Poor goalkeeping in my opinion.
Colin Glassar
64 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:28:23
Pickers keeps clean sheets and lee Dixon criticises him. Henderson lets two in and Dixon says hes done ok.
Paul Hewitt
65 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:31:12
If I was Toney I’d be well pissed off with tuchel.
Alan McGuffog
66 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:32:24
Colin, have you ever just sat and listened to Lee Dixon. He just talks incomprehensible shite for 90 minutes.
Neil Copeland
67 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:35:00
Poor decision to disallow the goal
Colin Glassar
68 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:35:06
Sadly I have, Alan. Hes a slave to the sly 6
Michael Kenrick
69 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:35:14
What a farce.
Paul Hewitt
70 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:35:32
This ref has been awful tonight.
Rob Halligan
71 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:35:35
Well thats ridiculous. Never an intentional handball. But dems de rules I suppose!
Danny O’Neill
72 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:37:23
It wasn’t intentional. Must have been because he just lifted his arm? I can’t think of anything else.
Brian Williams
73 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:37:52
Great decision by a brave ref. The England player (don’t even know who he is) moved his arm deliberately to play the ball.
Colin Glassar
74 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:38:40
Bring back Carsley!
Liam Mogan
75 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:39:08
Only ITV, the worst TV channel in the land and almost single handedly responsible for the decline in educational and moral standards over the past 30 years, could employ him.
Rob Halligan
76 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:39:14
Brian, it was Colwill.
Brian Williams
77 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:40:57
Cheers Rob. 👍
Colin Glassar
78 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:41:33
Humiliating
Rob Halligan
79 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:41:44
Fucking shite arent they.
Paul Hewitt
80 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:41:45
Get in. Brilliant
Neil Copeland
81 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:41:50
Oh dear!
Colin Glassar
82 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:42:50
Pickers wouldve saved all three
Christy Ring
83 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:43:18
You’re plucking at straws, even if it wasn’t intentional, it set up the goal. If I was Toney I’d be given Tuchel the finger sign, giving him a couple of minutes, and replacing Kane 30 mins earlier with a midfielder, how insulting is that.
James Fletcher
84 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:43:55
Still time to sack Tuchel and bring someone in who’s not a moron
Neil Copeland
85 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:44:02
So, England change their stand out number 1 and concede 3, hmm…
Brian Williams
86 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:44:27
Senegal have been fitter, faster, stronger, and more skilful all round.
Liam Mogan
87 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:44:43
Tuchel will do what he always does and turn on the players. He falls out with everyone due to the fact he’s a very limited coach.
Charles Brewer
88 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:44:55
Andorra must be pissed off, not beating this lot.
Liam Mogan
89 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:45:43
England had a cadaver in a cap and a tank top.
James Alder
90 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:45:46
Henderson will still get a better player rating than Pickford did against Andorra, having let in 3 goals. Its incredible the hatred towards Pickford!
Rob Halligan
91 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:46:05
Deep down, Jordan must be laughing his little yellow cotton socks off. 😂😂😂
Colin Glassar
92 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:46:24
The English media can go and do one. Drop our best goalie. Dont even consider the best young centre back in Europe. All because they dont play for one of their “top teams”. Well, fuck yall
Paul Hewitt
93 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:46:43
I’d go for the Senegal LB Diouf. He’s got an engine on him.
Stu Gore
94 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:47:23
Gana doing what Gana does to win the ball there. Interesting to see him playing so high up the pitch. He was like a false 10. Was he there all game or just second half?
Danny O’Neill
95 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:48:26
Well another unconvincing performance from England apart from a few spells, no urgency.
Senegal were organised, aggressive, pressed well to turn possession around and they can certainly play football, especially in tight spaces. Deserved win, the better team.
Ian Jones
96 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:48:31
Colin, who is the best young centre back in Europe who wasn’t considered. If it’s young Jarrad, remember he’s injured so not available.
Mike Powell
97 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:49:56
Haha, that was a terrible England team,well done Senegal
Colin Glassar
98 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:50:08
I know hes not available Ian, but even if he was he plays for little Everton so hell never be considered.
Rob Halligan
99 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:51:52
Paul # 93……we cant be having too many African players in the squad, as they would all be off to the AFCON, and wed have no one left.
Colin Glassar
100 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:52:48
Bring back Southgate!
Ernie Baywood
101 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:53:12
But fair play Senegal. Just the better team.
Ian Wilkins
102 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:54:42
Worrying signs. No tempo, no plan. Falling way short. Compared to the big European teams we are way off it.
Tuchel doesnt inspire does he. Hes contracted till after World Cup, how about well before the World Cup.
Something aint right…
Steve Dowdeswell
103 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:55:12
Tuchel out and make sure he comes nowhere near the Hill-Dickinson!
Neil Copeland
104 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:55:56
The second goal only went in because it deflected off the inside of Hendersons leg when he was nutmegged.
Liam Mogan
105 Posted
10/06/2025 at
21:59:13
The second goal only went in cos the keeper is not as good as Pickford, Neil!
Christy Ring
106 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:00:16
When you have former failed managers like Pardew on TalkSport saying Pickford shouldn’t be in goal for England at next World Cup, and even the great hope Tuchel saying our goalies should be playing in the Champions League next season, why don’t they just pick from there so called super Cup teams who tried to sneak away from the Premiership for the 30 pieces of silver.
Neil Copeland
107 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:02:12
Liam, that as well!
Liam Mogan
108 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:05:31
You can have all the good players you want, but without a tactically astute plan, you will get that embarrassing sort of display.
Also agree with Roy Keane that the players don’t look particularly invested.
Bill Gall
109 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:10:36
Well I managed to get the game on the internet but with no sound as I don’t know what language it was in. Senegal seemed more organized especially the back 4. England are like Everton they need a right back, and all though it was only supposed to be a friendly. as they put it, you still have to be organized and play as a team.There are to many players trying to impress the manager with very little teamwork. Tuchel will most probably put this loss as experimenting with the squad he has, but its a bit late for that.
As far as the keeper goes it will be interesting to read what the pundits say as he had an average game, but to replace Pickford as the #1he will have to do better.
Neil Copeland
110 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:12:42
As stated above they have no obvious game plan, direction and lack interest.
Maybe they will come alive when the World Cup kicks off but difficult to believe they will make it past the early KO rounds judging by the past 2/3 games.
Not convinced by Tuchel at all, seems clueless to me.
Christy Ring
111 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:30:14
When you look at the totally unbalanced team Tuchel played against Andorra with Jones at fullback, a midfielder who’s not even in the redshite first 11, taking his only striker Kane off tonight with 30 min’s left, bringing on a midfielder and leaving Toney on the bench until the 88th min, mind boggling. Is he really an upgrade on Southgate, and I’m Irish looking in.
James Fletcher
112 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:33:01
Tuchel looks like he has a level of managerial acumen some way below a teenager who has just booted up the latest version of Football Manager and has never seen a game of football before.
Ed Prytherch
113 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:33:47
Harry Redknap predicted this. German spy!
Oliver Molloy
114 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:37:14
The headline on here is funny to me.
Senegal are a good side and were much more hungry and thoroughly deserved the win. Would Pickford in goal have made a difference – not for me.
Walker is done – should be nowhere near the England team, I hope Moyes doesn’t look in his direction to solve our right back problem.
Same old England – flatter to deceive.
Forget about winning the world cup – it just will not happen.
Tom Bowers
115 Posted
10/06/2025 at
22:43:15
Let’s face it no matter how some players perform at club level they just cannot produce it at international level.
Why on earth Conner Gallagher gets picked I will never know.
Only a friendly but the Andorra game was way below the expected standard and not much happened in the games before that to suggest Tuchel really has the smarts to take on the bigger teams.
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