Half chances continued to be spurned as Marco Reus and Alli missed the target before Gomez had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside when he headed in Khedira's cross. The opening goal was delayed to the 43rd minute as Kroos' powerful drive from 25 yards snuck inside the post with keeper Jack Butland, who was then stretched off, slow to react. He appeared to have suffered an injury making a clearance just before conceding. With first-choice keeper Joe Hart not in the squad with injury, Fraser Forster took to the field and tipped over a bouncing free kick from Reus soon after the restart. England missed a glorious chance to level when Emre Can, deployed at right-back rather than his customary midfield, made an error in shepherding the ball out of play but Jordan Henderson's resulting shot was deflected wide. That miss proved costly as Khedira again chipped onto the head of Gomez in the 57th and this time there was no offside flag to deny the forward his first Germany goal since Euro 2012. "I have the power again, and now I have the fitness," Gomez said "I am working hard, and I want to see if I can help the team." But with the match seemingly settled, England promptly fought back to maintain their long-standing record of never having lost a match in Berlin. --SPA 02:12 LOCAL TIME 23:12 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w