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Hodgson says England will learn lessons from Chile defeat

England coach Roy Hodgson knows they must learn from their friendly defeat to Chile.

England were poor against Chile. There is no escaping that. The South American side were clinical in front of goal, they never seemed rushed on the ball and they cleverly stifled play in the second half to prevent England finding any rhythm at all.

Germany will be far more formidable opponents so although Hodgson stressed lessons must be learned from the defeat, he wants to move on quickly.

"The last two wins at Wembley were vitally important but against Chile we have seen the other side of football," the England manager said after the 2-0 loss.

"A month ago we were dancing around and congratulating ourselves and basking in the glory of having achieved our goal but we have to accept that we have left Wembley with a defeat.

"It doesn't happen very often, it's something none of us are happy to do, but that is what football is.

"It is sobering, all defeats are very sobering. We are going to be disappointed and angry that we couldn't provide the fans with a victory, but it would be foolish for us to take that disappointment in to the next game.

"They will have to make certain that they pick themselves up and go again."

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