Squint at the picture, tilt your head, let the magic-eye patterns settle and the reason for Gareth Southgate’s quietly chipper mood in front of the cameras in the soft-finish underbelly of the Allianz Arena late on Tuesday becomes a bit clearer.
On the face of it the 1-1 draw with Germany in Munich was inconclusive. For the opening hour England were the more ponderous team. Germany were slick in short bursts, reconfigured by Hansi Flick to blitz-press high up the pitch and funnel the ball with an agreeable rat-a-tat speed through midfield.
