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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.

A hamstring injury kept him out of a large chunk of the club season and he started only 18 Premier League matches. And this looked like an out-and-out knock, the sort that can happen at any stage of any game at any time on football’s calendar. But maybe after hastening his comeback from that serious problem - in order to help Leeds United’s fight against the prospect of relegation - Phillips could have used a decent rest period.

In the same way nearly all of the players out on the Allianz Arena could have used a decent rest period. Later in the first half, Raheem Sterling seemed certain to succumb