England fight back to earn draw with Germany in six-goal thriller. Although England will enter the World Cup on a six-game losing streak, the manager Gareth Southgate felt less pressure when his team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to draw 3-3 with Germany on Monday.
After Southgate’s faith in Harry Maguire failed for two German goals early in the second half, the Three Lions had already been demoted from the top tier of the Nations League and were under criticism.
Despite being benched by Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag at the club level, Maguire has received the public support of the England manager.
Ilkay Gundogan scored the game’s first goal from the penalty spot after Harry Maguire gave Jamal Musiala the ball before chopping down the Bayern Munich midfielder.
England fight back to earn draw with Germany in six-goal thriller. Kai Havertz then curled brilliantly into the top corner after Maguire was disposed of in the German half.
England had failed to score from open play in any of their opening five games in Group A3.
But two goals in three minutes completely changed the atmosphere around Wembley and the scrutiny on Southgate’s position heading to Qatar.
Luke Shaw was also restored to the starting line-up despite his lack of game time at Manchester United and started the fightback by volleying in at the back post.
Moments later, two of Southgate’s substitutes combined to deadly effect as Bukayo Saka set up Mason Mount to curl home.
Harry Kane looked to have completed the turnaround from the penalty spot seven minutes from time after Nico Schlotterbeck’s challenge on Jude Bellingham was punished following a VAR review.
Yet, there was more drama to come as Nick Pope spilled Serge Gnabry’s shot and Havertz pounced on the rebound to grab Germany a point.
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