'We made history' - Senegal joy at being first African side to beat England

When Cheikh Sabaly slotted location the visitors' 3rd extremity astatine the City Ground connected Tuesday, helium etched a historical triumph successful the records of the Senegal nationalist shot team.

Pape Thiaw's squad had completed a 3-1 triumph implicit England - the archetypal triumph for an African state implicit the Three Lions successful 22 attempts.

Ismaila Sarr and Habib Diarra earlier turned the tide successful the favour of the visitors, aft Harry Kane gave Thomas Tuchel's broadside an aboriginal pb successful the friendly.

"Fantastic night. We knew we could bash thing successful this game," Senegal skipper Kalidou Koulibaly told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"It was a pugnacious game, but we showed our property and showed we tin play astatine this level."

Koulibaly related the triumph to Senegal's Africa Cup of Nations triumph successful 2022.

"It is fantastic. We are not utilized to making past and we made it erstwhile we won Afcon, and we made it tonight," helium said.

"We privation to proceed penning the communicative of Senegal. We wanted to amusement we person a bully nation."

Senegal person not mislaid a crippled since January 2024, erstwhile arsenic defending champions they were beaten connected penalties by Ivory Coast astatine the Afcon last-16 stage.

Thiaw took complaint successful December and present has 2 wins and 2 draws.

Four of the Senegal XI who started astatine the City Ground play successful the Premier League, with Edouard Mendy and Koulibaly having turned retired for Chelsea successful the past arsenic well.

In England's erstwhile 21 matches against African nations, the Three Lions had won 15 times and drawn six, Opta said.

They came adjacent to losing to Tunisia successful 1990, earlier Steve Bull rescued a 1-1 gully with an 89th-minute equaliser against Tunisia successful a affable earlier the World Cup.

England past had to flooded Cameroon successful other clip astatine Italia 90, edging them retired 3-2 successful the quarter-finals.

The past clip England were beaten by a state from different continent for the archetypal clip had been successful 2003, erstwhile they were defeated 3-1 astatine Upton Park by Australia.