England fend off fiery Spain fightback after Anderson’s red to top Nations League group

The Guardian

It was the game to show Thomas Tuchel where his rebooted England team had got to; surely the ultimate test in international football. Spain in Spain. A world champion team who, in Tuchel’s words, had “forgotten how to lose”. Before this Nations League tie, they had been beaten only once in 43 matches – on penalties by Portugal in the final of this competition last year. What England produced for 65 minutes in Madrid was extraordinary. What followed was equally so for very different reasons. And when it was all over, England had the most sensational of victories.