Gareth Southgate: Three questions for England boss after Brazil defeat at Wembley
Gareth Southgate said he was "pleased" with England's performance in their 1-0 defeat to Brazil - but there were issues raised across the pitch.
England were without 12 squad regulars for the friendly and were beaten by a late finish from Endrick, leaving Southgate to pick out aspects of the game which encouraged him in his post-match press conference.
"Clearly I don't like losing football matches but I thought there were a lot of very good individual performances from players who have hardly played for England. More regular players were very good," he said.
"We had as many attempts on goal as they have and the difference was one moment."
Three key issues will be in the minds of England supporters ahead of the next friendly with Belgium on Tuesday at Wembley - the final fixture before Southgate has to name his initial squad for this summer's European Championships.
Gareth Southgate was right to point to the quality of the passing in the final third from Brazil on Saturday night, but there remains uncertainty in the England defence.
Harry Maguire made a familiar error which Raphinha should have punished. Lucas Paqueta hit the post after Ben Chilwell - who had a game he'd rather forget - went missing from left-back in the build-up. Kyle Walker's injury adds to the issue, with fellow right-backs Kieran Trippier and Trent Alexander-Arnold also in the treatment room.
At kick-off, this appeared to be England's most likely defence for their Euros opener with Serbia and it could well remain so, with Luke Shaw facing a long period out. That puts greater importance on who joins Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham in midfield and how that trio is set up.
Conor Gallagher worked tirelessly in midfield and set up Watkins for his big chance but he
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