Another day, another miserly England display. That was 1.6 xG allowed to Serbia on the way to another clean sheet and a robust 2-0 win.

Wait, sorry, what? They've allowed that across all the qualifiers? Thomas Tuchel, he's done it again.

For all the talk of England unchained post-Gareth Southgate, the hope that a superstar coach might be able to jam a few more attackers onto the pitch, the English FA knew what they were getting when they handed Tuchel one of the most coveted jobs in the international game. They were getting a winner not a stylist.

So far Tuchel has delivered on expectations. There was some friendly weirdness in the summer but in the meaningful games England are exemplary. With only a trip to Tirana ahead of them, the first European side to qualify for the World Cup

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