That undid a lot of good work from England, who had completely dominated before the game became scrappy and occasionally ill-tempered in the second half.

Phil Foden shot narrowly over for England early on and Callum-Hudson Odoi had a free-kick blocked before Nketiah opened the scoring, calmly sending Ziga Frelih the wrong way, after 39 minutes. The Leeds loanee had won the spot-kick himself when he was bundled over by Zan Zaletel after a clever turn.

Slovenia did not muster a shot in the first half but went close after the break as Jan Mlakar headed over from a corner.

The complexion of the game changed amid a host of substitutions and tempers boiled over after Surridge clipped Frelih attempting to reach a cross. David Zec pushed him over in retaliation and a number of players joined in the commotion.

Surridge made a bigger impression in the 70th minute when he pounced for England's second after a header from Ben Wilmot had hit a post.

That seemed to have put the game beyond reach but, after all England's good work, they had a moment to forget eight minutes from time.

Tomi Horvat pounced on a poor pass from goalkeeper Ramsdale and squared for Petrovic to finish.

Slovenia applied further pressure in the closing minutes and it paid off when Pisek's free-kick found its way through the wall and Ramsdale could not keep it out.