Thomas Tuchel heaped praise on Noni Madueke after England’s statement World Cup qualifying win over ten-man Serbia, but told the winger he still needed to add more goals to his game going forward.
Madueke produced arguably his finest performance yet in an England shirt and doubled the visitors’ lead with a dinked 35th-minute finish – via an exquisite Morgan Rogers assist – in a rampant 5-0 victory.
Captain Harry Kane, Ezri Konsa and Marc Guehi also got on the scoresheet to silence Belgrade’s Rajko Mitic Stadium, before second-half substitute Marcus Rashford put the icing on the cake with a well-taken penalty at the death.
Madueke’s composed strike was his first at senior level for the Three Lions – in what was his ninth appearance – and the sense of pride was written all over his face a