Kane and Bellingham air strong views in England World Cup review

Inevitably, at the squad discussion the game against Argentina emerged as a key theme.

It is understood that Tuchel pointed to the quality of the opposition as a key factor on why they eventually succumbed to two late Argentina goals.

There is, of course, merit to that argument. Lionel Messi was in the opposition team after all.

That said, it was not an argument the players in the meeting were prepared to universally accept.

There is a strongly held view within the England squad that their team, man-for-man, was superior to Argentina, who had 38-year-old Nicolas Otamendi on the field for the closing 18 minutes of the game.