Harry Kane wants England to learn from defeat to Senegal
Harry Kane insists England can use their 3-1 defeat to Senegal on Tuesday to 'learn and appreciate' the level they need to reach.
The 31-year-old got England off to a flying start when he turned home from close range in the seventh minute for his 73rd goal for his country.
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However, Ismaila Sarr's equaliser five minutes before the break shifted the momentum before second-half strikes from Habib Diarra and Cheikh Sabaly earned Senegal victory and handed Thomas Tuchel his first defeat as England boss.
Kane put England in front (Nick Potts/PA)
England thought that they had equalised to make it 2-2 but Jude Bellingham's effort was ruled out following a lengthy VAR check after the ball seemingly came off Levi Colwill's arm from a set-piece.
Kane was upset with some of the officiating at the City Ground but felt defeat may not be a bad thing for a team that is trying to learn from a new boss.
He said: 'It might feel a bit different but sometimes nights like tonight are not a terrible thing… to learn and appreciate how hard it is to win against any team.'
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'I thought throughout the whole game the standard (of officiating) wasn't high enough.
'It's not an excuse but it did change the game because at 2-2 the momentum is on our side.'
Tuchel has been in charge since March and his reign began with three successive clean sheets before Tuesday's defensive collapse.
Kane believes a range of issues have led to England's stumbling form recently.
He added on ITV Sport: 'There's some ideas that we know are new for the guys. We have new players coming into the team that haven't got experience at international level. There's a mixture of things but there's no excuses.
Trevoh Chalobah was handed his debut by Thomas Tuchel (Nick Potts/PA)
'We're not going to meet again for a couple of months but we know the World Cup's going to come round really fast so every camp is really important right now.'
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Tuchel made 10 changes to the side that beat Andorra 1-0 three days previously, with Trevoh Chalobah handed his first cap and playing the full 90 minutes alongside Chelsea team-mate Colwill.
The night did not go how the 25-year-old may have wanted and he felt Senegal wanted victory more.
Chalobah said: 'I just felt they maybe wanted it a bit more than us today.
'You could see the desire. We had a couple chances but when it did go 1-0 I don't think we capitalised on that.
'It did hurt us because it's the first game we've lost with the new manager and we wanted a 100 per cent streak. But we've just got to learn from it.'
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