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Harry Kane stepped in to calm down England teammate who was furious at official and 'kicked drinks cooler' after Senegal defeat

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Updated 08:12 11 Jun 2025 GMT+1Published 08:01 11 Jun 2025 GMT+1

Harry Kane stepped in to calm down England teammate who was furious at official and 'kicked drinks cooler' after Senegal defeat

Kane scored England's only goal at the City Ground but was on the losing side.

Ryan Smart

Ryan Smart

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports

Topics: Harry Kane, England, Senegal, Thomas Tuchel

Ryan Smart
Ryan Smart

Live in constant hope of the top flight as a Preston North End fan. Written in the past for SPORF, GiveMeSport and more.

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Harry Kane was forced to step in and calm down an England team-mate after the 3-1 loss to Senegal, it has been reported.

The Three Lions fell to their first defeat under Thomas Tuchel at the City Ground, despite going 1-0 up through Kane in the first half.

But a Senegal equaliser, at that stage, was more than the visitors deserved, with Habib Diarra making it 2-1 on 62 minutes.

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Jude Bellingham thought he had equalised for England with five minutes to go, but Levi Colwill was deemed to have committed a deliberate handball in the build-up and VAR disallowed the goal.

Any hope of a comeback was then distinguished in the first minute of stoppage time, with a swift counter-attack resulting in Cheikh Sabaly finishing from yards out.

The result will not be panic stations yet for Tuchel, given it was a friendly at the end of a long season and against a team ranked among the top 20, but England players and staff were booed off at full-time at the City Ground.

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And one Three Lions star let his disappointment be known at the result and had to be calmed down by Kane, it has been reported.

According to The Evening Standard's Dom Smith, Bellingham walked over to the assistant referee to complain about his disallowed goal at full-time, and then 'angrily kicked a drinks cooler'.

It is added that Kane pulled him back on to the pitch before calming him down, with the pair then going on to congratulate Senegal's players on the result.

Footage does show Kane pushing Bellingham away while he was speaking to referee Stephanie Frappart, with the confrontation with the assistant said to have occurred at a different point in time.

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Image: UEFA
Image: UEFA

Speaking about the decision to disallow the goal during his post-match media duties, Kane told Sky Sports: "It's a crazy decision, if I'm totally honest.

"I thought, throughout the whole game, the standard wasn't high enough. And then to overturn it, you can argue it was there or there, she saw it on the pitch, and then to be called over and make a decision, a 50/50 decision, to overturn it, it's just the wrong decision.

"I've spoken to her about that. It's not an excuse but it did change the game, because 2-2, five minutes [to go], the momentum's on our side and it might feel a little bit different."

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