England suffered another blow ahead of the World Cup as they fell to a 1-0 defeat in Italy which saw them relegated from the top echelon of the Nations League.
During a mundane affair at Milan's San Siro on Friday night, on-loan Napoli forward Giacomo Raspadori scored the only goal in the 68th minute by rifling into the far corner after being allowed too much time in the Three Lions' penalty area. England had failed to muster a clear-cut chance up to that point but falling behind prompted some marginal improvement from the visitors.
However, their increased attacking intent did not bring an equaliser, with Harry Kane going closest as he forced a double save from Gianluigi Donnarumma. At the other end, Italy had chances to double their lead in the closing stages as Federico Dimarco hit the post following a Nick Pope save.
