Spain came from behind to beat England 2-1 at Wembley in an entertaining and eventful start to their Nations League campaign.
Marcus Rashford gave England the lead after just 11 minutes with a fine sweeping move from Gareth Southgate's side, but Spain were level just two minutes later when Saul Niguez rifled in.
Rodrigo put the visitors ahead just after the half hour mark when he touched the ball home from a free kick as England, who were the masters of set pieces at the World Cup, made a mess of defending one.
Luke Shaw went off in the second half with a worrying head injury but was said to be awake and fine in the dressing room afterwards.
Within the hefty chunk of added time, England thought they had secured a late, late equaliser when Danny Welbeck tapped in after a David De Gea fumble but it was perhaps harshy ruled out for a foul on the Manchester United keeper.
That was the last roll of the dice and England suffered a first competitive home defeat since November 2007 to start their Nations League campaign, where they will face Croatia home and away and a trip to Spain.
Shaw up and about after head injury
Manchester United defender Shaw was taken off on a stretcher wearing an oxygen mask following an accidental collision with Spain's Dani Carvajal early in the second-half.
Shaw, making his first England start since September 2015, received treatment on the pitch for almost seven minutes, with plenty of medical officers checking on his condition after he hit his head.
The Football Association said it is not as serious as it looked, but the shock naturally took the sting out of the second half.
England v Spain Opta stats
- England lost their first competitive game at Wembley since November 2007 (2-3 v Croatia), ending a run of 24 games without defeat there in competitive action.
- England suffered their first defeat at Wembley under Gareth Southgate (W6 D4 L1), while the only two games that they’ve conceded more than once in during this run have both been against Spain (also 2-2 in November 2016).
- This was England’s third consecutive defeat in all competitions – they last lost three in a row back in June 1988, with all three losses coming at the EURO 1988 finals.
- None of the last nine managers of the Spain national team have lost their first game in charge (W7 D2), with Luis Suárez the last man to do so in 1988 (1-2 v Yugoslavia).
- All four of Marcus Rashford’s goals for England have come in home games that he has started (0 goals in 16 substitute appearances) - two at Wembley, one at the Stadium of Light and one at Elland Road.
- Marcus Rashford's opener (assisted by Luke Shaw) was the first England goal scored and assisted by two Manchester United players since November 2012, when Ashley Young provided an assist for Danny Welbeck against Sweden.
- England have conceded six goals in their last three games in all competitions, as many as they had in their previous 13 games combined (three).
- There were just 120 seconds between England opening the scoring through Marcus Rashford, and Saúl Ñíguez equalising with his first goal for the senior Spanish national team.
