Morgan Rogers spoke very highly of Thomas Tuchel’s high-intensity football after England secured a comfortable 3-0 win over Czechia on Tuesday.

Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane understandably stole the limelight with his brace, but Rogers was arguably among the standout performers, too.

Starting on the right flank rather than his preferred left, the 24-year-old provided the assist for Kane’s first goal with a superb first-time cross to double England’s lead in the first half.

Rogers played the full 90 and finished the game having created four chances, including three big chances, two successful dribbles, and was only dispossessed once.

He highlighted that playing on the front foot helped get the best out of him in Tuesday's fixture.

“We want to be positive; we want to be high intensity, pressing, physical. And, yeah, it does suit me,” Rogers said in a post-match interview.

“I enjoy playing in the team, being out there; I feel like my attributes can come out to the best of my ability, and a lot of the other players as well.

“We all play a similar style; we all buy into it, and that’s the most important thing.”

Rogers said the England players play a similar style, but of course, this is not entirely true. At Chelsea, for example, he has not been playing what he would describe as high-pressing football.

According to Opta’s PPDA (Passes Allowed per Defensive Action) metric, which measures teams’ pressing intensity, Chelsea are the fifth-least aggressive side in the Premier League, with 14.8.

The PPDA metric essentially calculates the number of opposition passes allowed outside of the pressing team’s own defensive third and the team’s defensive actions outside their defensive third.

It does not paint the whole picture, of course, but it is no secret that Xabi Alonso is more willing to concede ground to opposition compared to his predecessors, Enzo Maresca and Liam Rosenior, for example.

Unsurprisingly, Chelsea rank 11th in the league in average possession with just 47.5 per cent so far this season. In comparison, Chelsea ended last season with the third-highest average possession at 57.7 per cent.

Chelsea are still doing quite well in creating counter-attacks despite their not-so-aggressive style, having had 33 open-play sequences after winning the ball from within 40 metres of the opponent’s goal, the ninth-highest in the league, although only five of those resulted in shot attempts.

Some would argue that Chelsea’s 10 goals in five league games, the joint third-highest in the competition, suggests they don’t need to play more aggressively, but pressing is often more about preventing opposition from creating chances than attacking.

The Blues have conceded the most shots on target (32)  in the league this season. After conceding 12 goals in five games, something clearly needs to change, and a more aggressive style that Rogers enjoys playing could help solve the leaky defence.