England manager Thomas Tuchel communicated with Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden following their underwhelming performance in a 2-0 victory over Albania. He emphasized his appreciation for their effort, especially without the ball, despite them not being as impactful as they could be. With a World Cup qualifier against Latvia imminent, Tuchel is open to making changes but insists that performance won't solely dictate who is dropped. He called for gradual improvement, expressing confidence in both players' potential to contribute positively moving forward.
They know that I appreciate the effort, especially off the ball. We can see in the numbers how much effort they put into defending high and in the counter-press.
Marcus had a lot of runs when we had the ball where we did not see him, where we did not use him. He was a little bit unlucky maybe with the timing.
Phil is just maybe not finding the momentum at the moment that he can have. But both of them are very positive, they have every right to be positive.
We have to do better, but we will take it step-by-step.
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