Sarina Wiegman lamented England's unforced errors as the Lionesses fell to Germany at Wembley.
In a pulsating thriller that saw goals flow freely at both ends, Germany exacted revenge for their defeat in the Euro 2022 final, overcoming the Lionesses 4-3 and taking home the spoils.
It was the first time England had conceded four goals under Wiegman and the manager will surely have plenty on her mind as she celebrates her 55th birthday on Saturday.
Speaking to ITV, she said: "It was a game at a very high-level, two teams that are equal, that want to attack so an open game. For me, 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."
England lost out to Germany 4-3 in a night that saw Georgia Stanway bag a brace in front of a vociferous Wembley crowd, yet despite her side's attacking efforts, Wiegman revealed her readiness to get to work preparing the Lionesses' Euros defence next year.
She added: "Losing the ball at moments we shouldn't lose the ball. I thought our defence started with being tighter on the ball and taking up more unforced errors and 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 were 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.
"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."
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