Nadiem Amiri's first-half strike proved the difference as a much-changed England Under-21s fell to a 1-0 friendly defeat against Germany Under-21s in Wiesbaden this evening.

After a tightly contested opening period, the home side were able to find the lead through Amiri, who got the better of the England backline before curling an effort beyond a wrong-footed Jordan Pickford.

Alfie Mawson might have brought the visitors back into the game, but he could not make use of Nathaniel Chalobah's effort after hitting his tame effort straight at the goalkeeper.

Germany soon hit back and almost made their dominance count through Max Arnold, who saw his strong header kept out by Pickford.

The England stopper proved to have an impressive game for the away side, as he again denied the German frontline to keep England's defeat down to a one-goal margin.