England’s late collapse allows Spain to draw 2-2 at Wembley

Pepe Reina clumsily conceded the penalty which allowed England to take the lead, with Adam Lallana blasting home from the spot after the goalkeeper had upended Jamie Vardy. Lallana has been an instrumental player in the side’s brilliant form this season, operating as the go-between between the midfield and dynamic attack.

“The gaffer [interim manager Gareth Southgate] has given me my start, I got my goal but unfortunately we couldn’t hold on to get the win”. We showed character, ambition and personality to turn the game around.

WELL, after a measly couple of minutes – and touches – prior to this summer’s Euros, we finally got to see Tom Heaton in some proper England action.

“I’m pleased with how we’ve coped with it all, really”. We gave everything. We created chances and looked unsafe on the counter, they didn’t create many chances.

“We pressed high, and tried to be positive without the ball, but against a top side like Spain we became tired and ended up having to try and hang on”.

Danny Rose, Jesse Lingard and Raheem Sterling all turned in distinguished performances against Spain, but it was Vardy whose pace made an immediate impact.

England are still to capture the imagination on Southgate’s watch, having beaten Malta 2-0 and Scotland 3-0 and drawn 0-0 in Slovenia, but Lopetegui believes they are showing signs of progress.

And they took to Twitter to voice how English the end of the match was.

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The frustration the England fans felt here at the end of this odd game may have been tempered by the fact that it was the Three Lions last game of a tumultuous and hugely disappointing year.