Sarina Wiegman was pleased with the work-out after England were beaten 4-3 in a ‘challenging’ game against Germany at Wembley.

The visitors moved into a 3-0 lead inside half an hour but the Lionesses did not lie down, Georgia Stanway’s brace reducing the deficit to 3-2 before half-time and both sides scoring another goal each in the second period.

Wiegman is keen that her side learn their lessons but stressed that it had been a top-class encounter.

She said: "I think it was a game at a very high level. It was two teams who are equal, who want to attack, so it was an open game. I thought it was a little too open for us.

"We wanted to press high and if you don't get that right against Germany at moments, then they're really dangerous when they move forward. I also think we had moments where we lost the ball through unforced errors so we definitely want to do that better.

"They had a lot of players in front of the ball and that makes them really dangerous when they come close to goal but we also had opportunities to go forward.

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"That's why we play those games. If we don't get things right, we get exploited and that's what we want. We want to see where we are now, we want to get as much information as possible, get players playing minutes to show connections and where they are and that's what we really need moving forward in preparation for the EUROs."

The England boss stressed that unforced errors will need to particularly be cut out as the summer tournament in Switzerland moves ever closer.

She said: "We lost the ball at moments we shouldn't lose the ball. I thought our defence started tight on the ball and was making more unforced errors. Of course Germany are really good, very physical, but if we had taken out those unforced errors, then they can't counter-attack and there were moments tactically where they challenged us.

"We want to press higher but we need to find out the triggers, when do we wait and when do we go."