‘They looked bored' – Roy Keane slams England's ‘poor attitude' as Thomas Tuchel admits ‘I didn't like' Andorra effort
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ROY KEANE blasted England's "poor" attitude in their limp 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Andorra.
The Republic of Ireland legend accused the Three Lions of "looking bored" in Barcelona on Saturday.
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Roy Keane laid into England's 'poor' attitude in their limp 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Andorra
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Thomas Tuchel was also left concerned by England's efforts
England made it three wins out of three for Thomas Tuchel, who hasn't conceded a goal yet, but their performance left a lot to be desired.
After a dreary first half, which saw England booed off, Harry Kane found a breakthrough by tapping in Noni Madueke's cross.
That ended up as the only goal in the entire 93 minutes as Tuchel's players were accused of playing "walking football" by Keane's ITV co-panellist Karen Carney against the minnows.
Keane, 53, was also critical of Kane's post-match assessment which included the captain saying, "We take the points and move on."
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The iconic Manchester United captain raged: "I don't like the message from your senior players is that the job was done, we'll take it, whatever.
"You should be setting your standards higher than that. You should be saying they should have scored three or four more.
"We defend the players, say it's the end of the season and talk about the hot conditions, and Kane looked shattered.
"I worry when I see players getting bored. I felt some of the players got bored in the last half an hour and I don't like to see that.
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"It's when the goal went in, it was job done. It's Andorra - go and get some more goals!
Tuchel has since seemingly agreed, saying that England "played with fire".
Andorra v England match played in near empty stadium
The German boss said: "I didn't like the attitude how we ended the game, not the whole game, it's a big difference.
"I liked the attitude in the first 25 minutes, but I didn't like the last half an hour. We lacked the seriousness and urgency needed in a World Cup qualifier.
"We played with fire and I didn't like the attitude at the end. I didn't like the body language, and I don't think it's what the occasion needed."
Tuchel also told Three Lions fans their vile chants about Prime Minister Keir Starmer were "not acceptable."
Some of the travelling supporters called Starmer a "c**t", "w**ker" and "nonce", as well as singing "no surrender" during the national anthem in a reference to the IRA.
The RCDE stadium, home of Spanish side Espanyol, looked noticeably empty during the match.
Sparse pockets of fans spread across the stands in Barcelona with just shy of 7,000 tickets sold to England fans for the match inside the 40,000-seat stadium.
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