Captain Harry Kane said England must improve quickly if they are to contend for next year’s World Cup after slumping to a 1-3 home friendly defeat to Senegal on Tuesday. 

A first ever defeat against African opposition has put England boss Thomas Tuchel under pressure just four games into his reign. After struggling past minnows Andorra 1-0 in World Cup qualifying on Saturday, Tuchel’s 10 changes had little effect as Senegal ran out deserved winners in Nottingham thanks to goals from Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diarra and Cheikh Sabaly. 

“Not good enough. We had moments, but with and without the ball things aren’t clicking, we’re not finding the right tempo. We’ve lost that aggressive nature that we had,” said a glum Kane, who opened the scoring with his 73rd international goal.