The exchange was captured by pitchside microphones and relayed by Shreeves, who detailed the intensity of the confrontation. After Pickford appeared to answer back to his manager, Tuchel shut down the argument with a stern command. Shreeves reported: “Just now Jordan Pickford was on his left side and off balance and still picked up. Thomas Tuchel was straight out to the touchline and said ‘no, put it out to the right back, you don’t go that side’. Pickford had a little go back and Tuchel was not impressed. He told him ‘you know what you’re supposed to do, do as I told you!'”
Assistant Anthony Barry backed up the manager’s frustration during a half-time interview with ITVnoting that the team had shown “fearful patterns” and had struggled with deciding when to play long or short during a nervous opening period.
