England's dull victory over Latvia shows new head coach Thomas Tuchel's search for thrills is no easy task, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: Thomas Tuchel, Head Coach of England, reacts during the FIFA World Cup ... More 2026 European Qualifier between England and Latvia at Wembley Stadium on March 24 ...

Latvia's dogged defending meant England had to wear them down before tacking onto their lead late in the match ...

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - (This March 24 story has been corrected to fix year to 2022 from 2002 in paragraph 4) Thomas Tuchel's baptism as England's head coach could not have been any smoother.

EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Tuchel got his tenure as England manager off to a perfect, if largely underwhelming, start by leading his side to relatively bloodless wins over Albania and Latvia at Wembley last mo ...

Thomas Tuchel’s England reign began on Friday with a solid, if unspectacular, 2-0 victory over Albania at Wembley. Myles Lewis-Skelly marked his senior debut with a goal, while Harry Kane ...

ENGLAND boss Thomas Tuchel got his Three Lions stars to play a version of BBC TV hit The Traitors at their first training camp. And this time love-rat defender Kyle Walker was telling the truth ...

Thomas Tuchel has football-casuals vibes with his baseball cap and designer raincoat. Water bottle in hand, he goes mad at ...

England's 3-0 victory against Latvia at Wembley on Monday -- just like the 2-0 home win against Albania on Friday in Tuchel's first game in charge -- has given the new coach winning start that he ...

Tuchel isn’t trying to build a team to convincingly win forgiving games in qualifiers. England can already do that. What they haven’t yet been able to do for some time is beat the very best ...

England's players might have delivered a win for Thomas Tuchel in his first match in charge but they did not all earn his approval. Tuchel is on a clock, the clock is ticking, the World Cup final ...