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Everton’s Jordan Pickford, bidding to be England’s first-choice goalkeeper, dealt easily with Matthijs de Ligt’s shot before coming quickly off his line to deny Quincy Promes.
“Jordan played excellently. We saw all the attributes he has, he was tidy with his feet and good with decision-making,” said Southgate.
Most of the action was at the other end, England retaining possession neatly only for much of their play to lack a final ball of consequence, although captain Jordan Henderson headed wide, while Raheem Sterling was thwarted by advancing goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet.
In the second half, England thought they should have had a penalty when Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford went down in the box under challenge from De Ligt and Zoet.
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But it was his Old Trafford team-mate who finally broke the deadlock just shy of the hour-mark when Lingard scored with a first-time finish that Zoet got a hand to, but could not stop, following a deflected cross from Danny Rose.
Several substitutions by both managers reduced the fluency of the game, with Memphis Depay seeing a free-kick saved comfortably by Pickford while Kieran Trippier had a shot blocked at the other end.
Away from the pitch there were worrying scenes, with some 90 England fans arrested by Amsterdam police ahead of the game.
Videos posted online showed crowds of English fans packing the narrow streets and bridges in the canal city.
“The number of arrests of England supporters has now climbed to close to 90,” the Amsterdam police said in a tweet. The men were mainly accused of disrupting public order.
One video on the Dutch public broadcaster NOS showed police wielding truncheons, and backed by horseback officers, wading into the crowds to restore order in the city’s Red Light district.
In another video, hordes of fans were seen tossing a bike off a bridge onto a passing canal boat.
