STAND-IN England captain Marc Guehi called for perspective after Tuesday’s 1-0 World Cup warm-up defeat to Japan.

A much-changed side suffered a first-ever loss to an Asian team as Brighton winger Kauro Mitoma’s first-half goal was enough for the excellent visitors at Wembley.

The result — and more so the performance — will have left boss Thomas Tuchel with more questions than answers as his men laboured without injured big-hitters Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice.


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