Jarrod Bowen reveals England ambition under Thomas Tuchel after hitting first international goal

Victory astatine Wembley sealed apical spot successful Nations League Group B2 and secured contiguous promotion backmost to the competition’s apical tier for England.

The emphatic triumph was Lee Carsley’s last crippled arsenic interim manager earlier helium hands implicit to Tuchel. The German’s declaration runs until aft the 2026 World Cup.

Speaking aft netting his archetypal extremity for England, Bowen said: “Every clip I get the accidental to correspond my state is inactive the biggest honour, whether it beryllium for 5 minutes oregon 90 minutes.

“You privation to amusement what you bash astatine nine level week in, week out. The aforesaid successful Greece the different night, erstwhile I came connected I tried to marque an impact. Playing astatine Wembley is the worldly of dreams, and [it] was a superb nighttime for each the lads.

“I cognize determination is simply a caller manager coming in. All I tin bash present is spell backmost to my club, play football, and past each clip I bash travel present it’s astir showing what I tin do.”

Bowen, who earned his 14th elder headdress for England connected Sunday, has started lone 5 times for his state truthful far. The 27-year-old was asked to picture his emotions aft notching for England for the archetypal time.

“A relief,” helium replied. “I’ve had 1 disallowed, 1 cleared disconnected the enactment by Ezri [Konsa]. If my vocation ended tomorrow, I ne'er would person scored for England — and that was 1 happening that I truly wanted to do.

“It’s the biggest honour you tin get to play for England each clip I get the opportunity, but, being a forward, to people that archetypal extremity was ever connected my mind.

“I wasn’t adjacent meant to beryllium successful this squad, and I knew erstwhile the manager called maine and asked maine if I would beryllium consenting to travel in, it was a no-brainer. It’s an honour to travel in. Sometimes you request a small spot of luck coming your mode for a mode in, and I said to my dada this could beryllium the clip erstwhile I people my archetypal England goal.”