Thomas Tuchel insisted Jude Bellingham must ‘accept his decisions’ after the midfielder’s ‘livid’ response to being subbed off during England’s 2-0 win over Albania.
A second-half brace from Harry Kane saw the Three Lions finish their World Cup qualifying campaign with an ideal record in addition to eight consecutive clean sheets.
Sunday’s match also saw Jude Bellingham return to the starting XI for the primary time since June after his positive cameo off the bench against Serbia in midweek.
The Real Madrid midfielder showed flickers of his best before being brought off within the dying embers of the sport, replaced by Morgan Rogers shortly after picking up a yellow card.
The 22-year-old didn’t seem best pleased together with his late withdrawal, though, and appeared to not have a good time together with his team after their second goal when realising he was about to be brought off.
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Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock noted that Bellingham appeared ‘furious’ and ‘absolutely livid’ as he made his way off the pitch.
And Tuchel said he would review Bellingham’s offended response to his withdrawal, but suggested no player of his nature likes to be brought off.
‘That’s the choice, and he has to just accept the choice,’ the German told reporters post-match. ‘There are other players, his friend is waiting on the sidelines, so he needs to just accept it, respect it and carry on going.’
Asked if Bellingham’s response was against the team’s ethos, he responded: ‘I didn’t see it that way, I’ll must review it. I saw that he was not completely satisfied, I don’t intend to make it larger in the meanwhile than what it’s.
‘I believe to a certain degree, if you’ve gotten players like Jude which are so competitive, they’ll never prefer it but my words stand.
‘We’re about standards and levels and a commitment and respect to one another so we won’t change our decision simply because someone was waving their arms.
‘What we did in camp is all concerning the collective. I even have to then review it becaue I used to be very completely satisfied with the goal and I had a fast talk with Morgan Rogers and I used to be sure that everybody will have a good time together so I can have a take a look at it.
‘But that’s not the image that we would like to move because we feel that everyone seems to be committed and accepts also tough decisions, be it before the match or within the match, and it excludes nobody.’
After three international breaks in as many months, England now don’t have a fixture until March, when they’ll play two friendlies to kickstart their build-up to the World Cup.
On the lengthy gap between matches, Tuchel told BBC Radio 5 Live: ‘I cannot imagine that I see all of them only in March – it’s a troublesome one for me to swallow.
‘I even have to say I like to be on the sideline. I like to compete with them. This will probably be an extended, long period now. They did amazing – from all our players full credit to them. We’re very proud.
‘We had numerous changes and sometimes numerous changes just isn’t fair to those that play because then you definately miss a core of players who’re used to twiddling with one another, but everyone did well. You possibly can see we had a top quality bench to show things around and influence things, so why not?’
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