Thomas Tuchel has admitted that England were a danger to themselves on the ball against Spain last week.
The Three Lions lost 3-2 to the world champions in the UEFA Nations League on Saturday following a number of costly errors. They have now conceded nine goals in their last three games against Argentina, France and Spain.
Tuchel, though, does not believe the fault lies with his defence, instead pointing to mistakes made by his players while in possession.
Tuchel admits England are a ‘danger’ to themselves
Speaking ahead of England’s second Nations League game against Czech Republic on Tuesday, the German coach said: “It’s not a concern yet.
“I felt that in terms of organised defending, block defending and active defending, we were at a higher level than in many other matches.
“If you want to look at it in isolation on how we did within the structure and in the units of the sides, I was quite happy and I think it was a step ahead.
“We suffered clearly from individual mistakes when we had the ball, especially in the deep build-up, so that is of course something we cannot repeat. Not at this level.
“Strangely enough, when we had the ball, we were the biggest danger to ourselves around the box because we just had too many individual mistakes. Purely in defending, I have no concerns and I trust that we can do it.”
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