Young Arsenal starlet, Theo Walcott grabbed a late double in
Walcott's sublimely taken goals inside the last ten minutes ended an anxious evening for Peter Taylor's men who had struggled to contain a lively German outfit in a game that saw both sides reduced to ten men.
Germany also missed a first half penalty, and were left to rue a host of other excellent opportunities as Walcott twice showed a blistering turn of speed to defeat a tiring German defence before finishing with clinical execution after coming off the bench to replace Aston Villa's, Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Young himself had a composed game but will have been disappointed to have only found the side-netting after being put through one on one with German goalkeeper, Michael Rensing just before the end.
Team: Scott Carson, Micah Richards, Leighton Baines, Steven Taylor, Anton Ferdinand, Tom Huddlestone, Nigel Reo-Coker (c), James Milner, Gabriel Agbonlahor (Theo Walcott, 76), David Nugent (Justin Hoyte, 66), Ashley Young ( Cameron Jerome, 90).
Subs Not Used: Ben Alnwick, Matthew Kilgallon, Ben Watson, Wayne Routledge.