England manager Thomas Tuchel, speaking to BBC One: “We’re disappointed, we were so close but we got too passive after we scored and conceded a lot of chances.
“We could not turn the ball possession around and then conceded so many crosses, chances and shots.
“We were close but couldn’t keep the level up after we scored.”
On his subs: “I did also offensive substitutions in the last games, we just tried to help the players. We conceded [a chance] straight away and we decided to go to a back five because the gaps were far too open.
“They won every header, they kept crossing and crossing so we went to a back five to close the gaps inside and be strong in the air. Straight after our goal, without any substitutions, we conceded way too many crosses and way too many chances so we tried to help.
“Of course, the responsibility is on the coach and if it doesn’t go well, it is easy to say it was wrong.”
On thoughts of going for the second goal: “Yes but it doesn’t help if you can’t get the ball. We couldn’t get out.
“Of course we wanted to go for the second goal but I did not have the feeling that offensive substitutions would help. We stayed in our 4-4-2 but we became passive, more and more passive.
“We couldn’t win any balls, we couldn’t keep the ball so I think it was not a structural problem, we changed nothing. But the match changed completely.
“It’s no problem, I can understand these discussions are out there and there are millions of coaches after the game who know it better.”
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