Reigning world champions Germany suffered a 3-2 defeat against archrivals England in what turned out to be an embarrassing game for Joachim Loew and his men.

Germany were expected to comfortably cruise to victory after gaining a two-goal advantage. Toni Kroos and Mario Gomez scored either side of the half-time break to ensure that Germany were in a strong position going into the final 30 minutes. However, England came back in spectacular fashion to stun the world champions, who are known for their efficiency worldwide. Tottenham forward Harry Kane has been in form over the last few months.

He pulled one back for England in the 61^st minute. The equaliser came with 15 minutes of normal time remaining to Leicester City forward Jamie Vardy, whose surprising leap from nonleague football to internationals has been seamless. Loew was extremely disappointed to see his team suffer such a poor result just a few months before the start of the Euro 2016. Germany are one of the favourites to win the competition, as they come in with the tag of being the world champions. The result is sure to put some doubts into the mind of the fans and players. Loew hopes that his team can recover quickly when they face Italy in a friendly a few days later.

“It’s annoying as a coach when we lose after being 2-0 up, but you can’t say we didn’t deserve it. Even when we were 2-0 up, we weren’t in control.We had problems in our build-up and struggled up front.We know the areas we have to work on, some of the combinations didn’t work and left a lot to be desired.In the second-half, we gave away a crazy amount of space. We didn’t stand compact in defence, we lost balls on the counter,” said Loew.