'Don't think I lost the trust' - Tuchel after England finish 3rd at World Cup

The press conference yesterday felt as if we went out in group stage without a win, to be very honest, and 24 hours later we have the biggest success in 60 years. So to take the low not too low and the high not too high is what we try, even for us and for the team. I think the low and the drama about what happened against Argentina was too low, but listen, that's part of it. And the best thing you can do is react on the pitch and get the next win. Everything else is just talking and talking doesn't get you points and talking doesn't get you wins. So you have to endure it, you have to hold it and be strong and keep believing. And I'm glad that we showed the reaction, we wanted that reaction and it's very impressive. This game will help us for sure, even if a part will never allow you to fully celebrate the bronze medal. But I think this is a very important one. Jordan Henderson gave a very impressive speech today in the hotel to put this in the right frame and put everyone in the right mindset, so he helped unbelievably today. That was very emotional and very, very impressive to put this game into perspective. And I said yesterday here we want to close this gap, we feel that there's still a gap open, there's still a gap too close to the top three teams who are ahead of us in the world ranking. And that starts with today, it was a big shout because this is a lot, a lot of world-class players in the attack on the other side. They have, like I said, they come from a less demanding schedule physically. I have one more day, so it was a big shout. Bukayo is a key player for me. He was ready to go in the World Cup, I felt still the responsibility as a coach and with a history given where he came from to take it slow with Bukayo. But he started quite some matches and it was a tough decision for me to leave him out of the semi-final. I had the feeling after the Norway match that Morgan Rodgers had something special to give to us with his physicality and his body in the match against Argentina. We had him warm up several times against Argentina, we were ready to change, but the game became so crazy that we in the end opted for a different option. But nothing has changed during the World Cup for me. Bukayo is a fantastic teammate, fantastic football player, key player for us, and that will not change. I don't think that we lost the trust on me, I don't think that I lost the trust. Whatever happened in these 30 minutes against Argentina, or maybe 45 minutes in the second half against Argentina where we became too passive, whatever happens, why it happened, whatever happened in the last 10 minutes, we were close. It's my job to take decisions. My decisions, my interventions, my substitutions, the change of structure did not have the effect that I wanted it to. So I have to live with this. It's very painful for me because I did it in good faith and I did it with a clear plan and a clear idea behind it. It didn't work out, so I take the blame and of course the responsibility.