It spoke a lot about the level of commitment in the Gareth Southgate era that Kalvin Phillips wanted to run it off.
Clearly in some pain - Phillips is the type to feign fitness rather than injury - he told the England manager he would be okay to limp back into the action after a violent, if accidental, early collision with Nico Schlotterbeck, the man whose name sounds as hard as nails.
But Phillips lasted another minute or so before he needed a physio’s shoulder to help from the field. It might not be too serious and this was not an injury which had its root causes in fatigue.
