Thomas Tuchel insisted he has ‘no problem’ with England fans after the travelling support targeted him with sarcastic chants during the win over Latvia.
The Three Lions booked their place in next summer’s World Cup with an easy 5-0 win in Riga on Tuesday night, becoming the first European nation to book their flights to North America in June.
Tuchel, who succeeded Gareth Southgate as England boss as the start of the year, has presided over a flawless qualifying campaign with six wins from six.
But the German came under fire last week after blasting England fans for failing to generate any atmosphere in the friendly game against Wales at Wembley last week.
There was a healthy contingent of travelling England supporters in the Latvian capital, singing in the rain as their side ran out comfortable winners.
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But at the start of the game, they targeted Tuchel with cheeky chants following the recent criticism.
Shortly before kick-off, fans chanted: ‘We’ll sing when we want, we’ll sing when we want, Thomas Tuchel, we’ll sing when we want.’
That was followed up by ‘Are we loud enough for you?’ before a sarcastic rendition of ‘Our support is f*****g s**t.’
Tuchel didn’t appear too troubled by the stick he was getting and after the game, he happily took it on the chin.
He told ITV: ‘I got some stick in the first half! Fair enough and well done.
‘Good sense of humour and no problem, I can handle it. It was brilliant support from start to finish.’
He added in his post-match press conference: ‘It made me smile and this is how it has to be. It’s British humour and I surely can take it. No harm done.
‘It’s so important that they are here. I said it last time, in Serbia it was brilliant and the support today was brilliant, and we are very sure that the support in America will be absolutely brilliant and we need it. It makes such a difference if you go out as a player or a coach and you see the fans behind the team and fans singing.
This is also part of what we do. We want to make them proud, we want to make them happy. They should be happy to watch us and they should be able to identify with how we play.
‘I think we’re on our way to building something and it was a top performance from them today as well.’