England 1 – 3 Senegal
True to the big hints he has been making, Thomas Tuchel has dropped Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford from his imperious position as England’s Number 1 for tonight’s International friendly against Senegal, which a poor England side went on to lose in front of an unhappy crowd at Nottingham’s City Ground.
This was only the second meeting between England and Senegal. The previous match was at the 2022 World Cup when Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka scored in a 3-0 win to book a place in the quarter-finals.
Last Friday, Senegal – ranked 19th in the world – drew 1-1 against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin, with substitute Ismaila Sarr scoring a late equaliser, extending their current unbeaten run to 23 games.
Idrissa Gana Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye both start for Senegal, playing an international in England for the first time ever.
England: Henderson, Walker, Colwill, Chalobah, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Gallagher, Eze, Saka, Kane, Gordon.
Subs: Pickford, James, Konsa, Gibbs-White, Henderson, Bellingham, Burn, Toney, Alexander-Arnold, Jones, Rogers, Madueke, Palmer, Trafford.
Senegal: E Mendy, Koulibaly, I Gueye, Diarra, Jackson, Camara, I Ndiaye, Siatta, Sarr, Niakhate, E Diouf.
Subs: Y Diouf, Camara Mamadou, Seck, Dia, Sabaly, C Ndiaye, Jakobs, Niasse, I Gueye, Sima, Diaw, A Mendy, P Gueye,
19:45 England v Senegal — ITV 1