Roy Keane had Ian Wright cracking up in the ITV studio as the pair reacted to England's 3-0 win over Latvia on Monday night.
It has been a flawless start to life as England boss for Thomas Tuchel, with victory over Latvia making it six points from six with no goals conceded from his first two games.
However, the attacking play has not exactly been scintillating from Tuchel's side, with the Euro 2024 runners-up labouring to back-to-back victories over European minnows Albania and Latvia.
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In the ITV studio for Monday night's game were Roy Keane and former England striker Ian Wright, with Keane cracking up his fellow pundit with a telling jab about the lacklustre attacking play on display.
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Roy Keane had Ian Wright cracking up with England jab
Both Ian Wright and Roy Keane praised England for getting the job done against Latvia, even if it was a somewhat laboured display.
However, Keane would crack up his fellow pundit with his jab after Wright was asked if England's performance had him excited for the Thomas Tuchel era.
Wright: "Of course it will be [more exciting with time]. But look at the spine of the team. You've got Pickford, Guehi, Rice, Bellingham, Kane, you know what I mean? It's a good spine to start off with."
Keane: "You don't look excited?"
Wright: "100%."
Keane: "Tell your face..."
It was a classic exchange between the pair, who have made themselves arguably the best duo on football TV of late.
(You can watch the exchange at the 6-minute mark in the YouTube video below.)
Keane said that Thomas Tuchel would be satisfied with his team getting the job done but graded the team's performance as "C+" and said work needed to be done.
"I think if it was a school report you'd give them a C+," Keane said shortly after full-time.
"I think there's a lot more to come from them. The first two games were very easy on paper, great start for the manager, you knew you were going to get the two victories. Even tonight, 26-27 shots, 7 on target.
"[There are] loads of bits to improve, end product wasn't that great. At least the subs came on and had an effect on the game. I thought it was okay. It was okay."
The Thomas Tuchel era is underway - though they will have to surpass Roy Keane's assessment of just "okay" if they harbour real ambitions of ending their 60-year wait for a trophy at next year's World Cup.
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