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Thomas Tuchel counting on Anfield experience to help England win in Azteca cauldron

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I had the experience in Liverpool in a European match with Dortmund where it was just like the Kop just sucked the balls into the goal.“We were clearly through and we conceded three late goals and it was just coming, you could just feel it, they just sucked the ball into the goal from their end.“You have these moments. I feel that we are fully committed to our press, we are fully committed to the effort that we put in.“But it's not economical.



We go when we're not set. And it leaves us in the wrong moment.“So we know, and we worked on it, we need to pick our moments better, where to press, when to press."And then we need to be more in sync, we need to be more compact, we need to take care of our distances, we need to check our shoulders and we need to be smart and pick the right moments, when to go into the press.“Especially in the first 20 minutes.

We have a plan, we will be fine, I think we will be fine.”Tuchel also insists they are not over reliant on Harry Kane in the same way that Argentina rely on Lionel Messi.Tuchel said: “I don’t think we’re “over-relying”. I think we will get better once the playing field levels out, when we’re not this huge favourite and the teams will come to actually beat us and expect to beat us from themselves.“I think this is where we will see our identity, quality coming more out.”Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.