Ilkay Gundogan was handed the captain’s armband for Germany ahead of their friendly with Japan and fronted up after his team slumped to a dismal 4-1 defeat.
The result leaves next summer’s Euro hosts in crisis after losing for the fourth time in five matches.
Gundogan fronted up after the cameras and didn’t mince his words when asked about where it all went wrong for Hansi Flick’s side.
“Very tough one to take. I think the only good situation was the goal, where we played the rhythm we wanted to play and created a chance and scored, but unfortunately, we have to admit Japan were defensively and offensively better than us and won the game deservedly,” he said.