Thomas Tuchel has claimed his own mother is 'repulsed' by Jude Bellingham's behaviour on the field following England's 3-1 defeat to Senegal on Tuesday night.
Bellingham lost his cool towards the end of the contest at the City Ground as the Three Lions crashed to defeat.
The Real Madrid star was particularly aggrieved after England had a late equaliser disallowed after Levi Colwill was adjudged to have handled the ball.
Bellingham's quality impresses Tuchel but the former Bayern Munich and Chelsea boss, speaking to talkSPORT, has now condemned the youngster's antics.
Thomas Tuchel has claimed his own mother is 'repulsed' by Jude Bellingham's behaviour on the field following England's 3-1 defeat to Senegal on Tuesday night
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"I struggle to see that," he said when told that some England fans feel the team would be better off without Bellingham in the starting XI.
"I think it has to be the other way around, how we can have the best version of him and the best acceptance and that people understand what he's bringing to us and that he's bringing a certain edge.
"But I see that it can create mixed emotions.
"I see this with my parents, with my mum that she sometimes cannot see the nice and well-educated and well-behaved guy that I see and the smile.
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"If he smiles, he wins everyone, but sometimes you see the rage, the hunger and the fire and it comes out in a way that can be a bit repulsive.
"For example, for my mother when she sits in front of the TV, I see that, but in general we are very happy to have him, he's a special boy.
"I think he has a certain something. I think he brings an edge, which we welcome and which is needed if we want to achieve big things.
"It needs to be channelled. The edge needs to be channelled toward the opponent, towards our goal and not to intimidate team-mates, or to be over aggressive to team-mates or referees.
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Jude Bellingham cut a frustrated figure as England lost to Senegal on Tuesday night
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"But [channel it] towards opponents, yes, and always towards the solution, meaning towards winning.
"We are on that, yes. He has the fire. I don't want to dim this down. He should play with this kind of fire, that's his strength.
"But the fire comes also with some attributes that can intimidate you, maybe even as a team-mate.
"You see sometimes the explosion towards referees and the anger in his game, so if he can channel this in the right way, and we can help him in this, then for sure he has the something that we need. And he has a certain edge that is hard to find."
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England had won their previous three matches under Tuchel without conceding a goal.
However, last night's defeat to Senegal has set off alarm bells without the next World Cup just a year away.
Bellingham's temper has been a talking point before, with the youngster sometimes losing his cool at Real Madrid.
Jude Bellingham's temper flared up for Real Madrid at times last season
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He was handed a red card in April after Los Blancos lost to Barcelona in the final of the Copa del Rey.
Bellingham was accused of 'approaching the referee aggressively' as Real's hopes of silverware went up in smoke.
Before that, he found himself in the headlines for all the wrong reasons after venting his fury towards a linesman during a 1-1 draw between Real and fierce rivals Atletico Madrid.
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