Thomas Tuchel: Why England head coach's critics forced to stay quiet despite Nations League loss to Spain

The narrative before this first post-World Cup international was clear: if England lose, the pressure on Thomas Tuchel could become unbearable. <p>The big name on the big bucks, brought in to win the big games, could not afford to lose to Spain after the tactical disaster of the World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina. The court of public opinion, and the bile of the English media, would combine to make life very difficult for the England boss.</p><p>Well, here we are, in the aftermath of a 3-2 loss to the newly-crowned world champions, where England were outclassed on numerous occasions, where the scoreline should have been much one-sided, where for long periods Spain looked far superior to the Three Lions, where after half an hour the visitors should have been four-nil up. That's surely it, then? Auf Wiedersehen, Thomas?</p><p>Nope.