Thomas Müller was on target as Germany drew 1-1 in a friendly with the Netherlands as they continue their preparations for this years World Cup.

Netherlands 0-1 Germany
Goals: 0-1 Müller (45’+1), 1-1 Bergwijn (68')

Head coach Hansi Flick made four changes to his side following the victory over Israel at the weekend, with Manuel Neuer returning between the posts, and Leroy Sane, Antonio Rüdoger and Müller all back in the line-up. Neuer was called into action early on when Teun Koopmeiners was afforded a free header at a corner, but the Bayern Munich goalkeeper produced a superb reflex save. Sane and Kai Havertz both went close at the other end as Germany sought to respond, and they took the lead on the stroke of half-time when Jamal Musiala’s cross from the byline was only cleared as far as Müller, who lashed in a powerful left-footed strike from near the edge of the box.

Die Mannschaft could have made it 2-0 early in the second period when Sane drew four players to him on the counter-attack before finding the unmarked David Raum arriving in the box, but the Hoffenheim midfielder, perhaps overly eager for a maiden international goal, blazed his effort over the bar. It was an opportunity Germany would come to rue, as the hosts pulled level a quarter of an hour later when substitute Steven Bergwijn slammed in Denzel Dumfries’ headed knock-down from close range. The Netherlands were awarded a penalty just two minutes later for a foul by Thilo Kehrer on Memphis Depay, but the referee overturned his decision after consulting the pitch-side monitor. A spate of substitutions followed, disrupting the flow of the game somewhat, but Lukas Nmecha still had a chance to score the winner following a wonderful pass from Müller, but Freiburg goalkeeper Mark Flekken was equal to his shot.

Match stats

• Müller scored his 43rd international goal, putting him level with Uwe Seeler in seventh place in Germany's all-time scoring chart. Miroslav Klose is top with 71 goals.
• Neuer is the most-capped goalkeeper in Germany’s history (109 appearances). The Germany captain has kept 47 clean sheets in that time, conceding 103 goals.
• Müller has made the most appearances among currently active Germany internationals (112). Only Philipp Lahm (113), Bastian Schweinsteiger (121), Lukas Podolski (130), Klose (137) and Lothar Matthäus (150) have won more.
• Schlotterbeck has won more challenges so far this Bundesliga season than any of his Germany teammates (286).
• Germany lead the head-to-head with 16 wins to the Netherlands’ 12. There have been 17 draws between the European rivals.
• Van Gaal oversaw 96 matches in charge of Bayern between July 2009 and April 2011. In 2009/10, the Dutchman won a Bundesliga-DFB Cup double, and reached the UEFA Champions League final.

Teams

Netherlands: Flekken - de Ligt, van Dijk (c), Blind - Dumfries, Koopmeiners (Wijnaldum 46'), F. de Jong, Malacia (Ake 74') - Berghuis (Klaassen 58'), Memphis, Malen (Bergwijn 58')
Unused subs: Drommel, Krul, Hateboer, Clasie, de Roon, Danjuma, Lang, Weghorst
Out: -
Coach: Louis van Gaal 

Germany: Neuer (c) - Kehrer (Henrichs 79'), Rüdiger, Schlotterbeck, Raum (Günter 86') - Musiala (Neuhaus 69'), Gündogan - Werner (L. Nmecha 80'), Müller, Sane (Draxler 86') - Havertz (Brandt 69')
Unused subs: ter Stegen, Trapp, Ginter, Tah, Stach, Weigl
Out: Adeyemi (hamstring), Gnabry (cold), Kimmich (personal reasons), Koch (not included)
Coach: Hansi Flick

As it happened!

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