Kieran Trippier insists there should be no concern surrounding the Englandside as Uefa Nations League defeat to Spainmarked a third loss in succession.
The Three Lions took to the field at Wembley on Saturday night and were given a rousing reception for their first match since reaching the World Cup semi-finals in the summer.
But, despite Marcus Rashford’s early opener, Gareth Southgate’s side were beaten 2-1 in a match somewhat overshadowed by what could have proved a serious injury to defender Luke Shaw.
The feel-good factor of making it to the final four in Russia was evident in and around the stadium and Trippier does not feel there is any reason to hit the panic button as semi-final defeat to Croatia and a loss to Belgium in the third-place play-off was followed up by another reverse on England’s return.
“It is not a concern,” the Tottenham full-back said. “We are building and that is all we can do, play against these teams. We want to test ourselves against the best and certainly tonight we put up a fight.
“We knew it was going to be a difficult game, these are the teams we want to play against. We started bright and got the early goal and then to concede straight away after was disappointing.
“They passed it around very well in the first half, we talked about that coming out into the second. I thought we played much better in the second half, we got it down and we played and we were unlucky not to come out with a draw.”
Saul Niguez levelled for Spain moments after Rashford had put England in front with Rodrigo scoring the winning goal later in the first half.