England boss Thomas Tuchel has hailed England's performance on Tuesday evening, while admitting to a "so-so" camp during their previous games, as the Three Lions hammered Serbia 5-0 to continue their 100 per cent record in World cup qualifiers.
His side were dominant from the off against a Serbian team that never really threatened the England back line.
A 74th England goal for Harry Kane began proceedings on what turned out to be a straightforward evening for Tuchel's team.
An impressive Noni Madueke goal, plus Ezri Konsa, Marc Guehi finishes and a Marcus Rashford penalty followed to complete the demolition job.
Noni Madueke and Morgan Rogers impressed for Thomas Tuchel's side | REUTERSTuchel now sees his team having not conceded a single goal during qualifying, boasting a perfect record so far. Tonight was supposed to have been his side's biggest test so far, but they nullified the home side who failed to register a single shot on target.
After the game, Tuchel reflected on a stellar performance, recognising the difficulties they have already overcome as a group.
England boss Thomas Tuchel hailed England's performance on Tuesday evening, while admitting to a "so-so" camp during their previous games
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"I'm more than happy for the team and the staff," Tuchel said. "We had an excellent week from start to finish. We just proved what I saw everyday in this camp. That makes me very happy.
"We played with a lot of intensity and work. Team work in its purest form. From there we showed our quality.
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England conducted a commanding and dominating performance over Serbia on Tuesday night, running out 5-0 victors | REUTERS"We limited Serbia to no shots on target, you need to put in a lot of work, help and intensity in the duel work. We did this in all positions. A lot of running and effort.
"We had a meeting in the beginning, our learnings in the first two camps. We had three weeks training together, that normally is half a pre-season. So it takes a bit of time. In between these weeks is weeks of a pause.
"We started new and fresh after the first two camps. First camp was very good, second camp was so-so.
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"We did our learnings, started new, gave the players clarity in our roles and structure that we are playing.
"From this, we put them into the responsibility, to put it to life and they did excellent. Credit goes to them, they did amazing. That is the bar."
On the night England had five different goalscorers, with Guehi, Konsa and Madueke netting their first for their country.
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Guehi has been subject to intense transfer speculation, ultimately seeing his deadline day move to champions Liverpool fall through after his current club Crystal Palace pulled out of the deal.
Tuchel was full of praise for his centre-back, who delivered another stellar performance: "He's the example of how the boys were in this camp. Exactly like this.
Marc Guehi and Ezri Konsa both got on the scoresheet for England | REUTERS"They put their personal interests aside and he was the best team-mate possible. And he put in a fantastic performance.
"He was very strong for Crystal Palace and showed it today on the pitch."
Guehi himself reflected on grabbing his first goal for the Three Lions in what has been a chaotic period: "It's been great! It's always easy coming here. Such a good group of players and staff.
"Just over the moon. It's a fantastic feeling, you work really hard growing up so scoring a goal for your country is a great feeling."