Joe Hart was the star as England drew 0-0 with Slovenia in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
The England goalkeeper produced several top-notch saves on a night his side were second best in Ljubljana.
Hart twice came off his line after Slovenia players were played through and came up with a stunning save against Jasmin Kurtic, who earlier had hit the post.
The draw keeps England top of Group F on seven points, two clear of Lithuania and Slovenia.
"It is my best game for a while, it was hard to say," Hart said on ITV1.
"I was asked to do quite a bit, but it was down to a few errors from us.
"But we can all improve, we are a young team and have dug in, in an intense atmosphere and taken a point."
Elsewhere, Germany kept top spot in World Cup qualifying Group C with a comfortable 2-0 defeat of Northern Ireland.
Norway got their World Cup qualifying campaign up and running with a 4-1 home win over San Marino.
Per-Mathias Hogmo's side went into the match against the Group C minnows on the back of defeats to Germany and Azerbaijan.
Denmark's hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia were dealt a hammer blow as they lost 1-0 at home to Montenegro following a superb poacher's goal by Fatos Beciraj.
Slovakia revived their hopes of reaching the 2018 World Cup as two goals by livewire forward Robert Mak helped them thump Scotland 3-0 in a lively Group F qualifier in Trnava.
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