India, June 24 -- England manager Thomas Tuchel has dismissed the notion that his team are too reliant on captain Harry Kane, after his team's insipid display in their 0-0 draw against Ghana on Wednesday.

England toiled throughout the match, despite taking 19 shots and recording 78.8% possession, their highest in a World Cup match on record and the highest by any team when failing to score in tournament history (since 1966). Meanwhile, Ghana's 2 attempts were the joint-fewest of any team at this summer's competition thus far.

"To rely on Harry, it's just a natural thing because he loves the responsibility and he takes it. He was not involved as much as we would like, but it was just so, so narrow. We rely on Harry because we can, becaus...