Bellingham bites back at Tuchel's 'lucky' comment after taxing win over Norway

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/norway-8rP6JO0H/?mid=UyLHmWuh"]In draining conditions in Miami[/a], the Three Lions fell behind to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schjelderup-andreas/SEp0z7ho/"]Andreas Schjelderup[/a]'s opener before the in-form [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bellingham-jude/QNvlPm7s/"]Jude Bellingham[/a] equalised just before half-time.[/p][p]Bellingham again stepped up in extra time to fire home from close range, but it was a nervy end for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a], despite dragging themselves over the line once more at this tournament.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a] had a penalty shout rejected, a goal ruled out for a foul after a VAR review, and the ball appeared to hit the stadium's overhead 'spider cam' in the build-up to Bellingham's first goal.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="31f2cb35-7c00-47b0-af44-a273381d8c7e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="964facd4-bb78-4aef-9073-734cc16596fa" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]All of those near misses added to Tuchel's frustration at full-time as he claimed England were lucky to get through to set up a s[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/argentina-f9OppQjp/england-j9N9ZNFA/?mid=pKVyGJbD"]emi-final date with old foes Argentina[/a].[/p][p][b]"We made life very, very difficult for ourselves today," [/b]the German said after the match.[/p][p][b]"The result is fantastic. The last four is amazing, but I'm not happy with the performance.[/b][/p][p][b]"The commitment is there, but it made life very, very difficult for us in the way we played, how we played, sloppy, lots of safety, not fast enough, not enough. We were lucky today."[/b][/p][h2]Bellingham bites back[/h2][p]However, Tuchel's feelings were not echoed by star man Bellingham, who suggested his manager did not understand how tough it was for the players out on the pitch.[/p][embed guid="7f20d8dc-1ac6-475d-a4b4-5d6ec7379ffb" url="https://x.com/BBCMOTD/status/2076112814003892247" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"Yeah well, whatever. It's a tough shift, so my thoughts and my appreciation go to the players who've put a tough shift out there.[/b][/p][p][b]"Maybe he doesn't know what it's like to play in these types of conditions against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland[/a], (Martin) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/odegaard-martin/ID32TGhp/"]Odegaard[/a], (Antonio) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nusa-antonio/rHwRvHQp/"]Nusa[/a], (Alexander) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sorloth-alexander/QwqgNkTP/"]Sorloth[/a], you know. That's not an easy team to play against."[/b][/p][embed guid="659ed071-7155-44b0-bb4a-c35dcb23831c" url="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1739746180354093" social-type="facebook" /][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]