Harry Kane admitted England blew a glorious chance of winning their first major trophy since 1966.
England suffered a heartbreaking defeat in extra time as defensive mistakes cost them dear as they surrendered a first half lead in the Nations League semi final.
Jesse Lingard also saw a late effort ruled out by VAR as John Stones’ defensive blunder gifted Holland victory as Marcus Rashford’s first half penalty counted for nothing.
Three Lions captain Kane, who was a half time substitute, said: “A massive disappointment after being ahead at half time. We dropped too deep and it took them to equalise for us to step it up again.
“We scored what we thought was going to be the winner but that's the fine margins in games like this. It's part of learning as a team, we take that on the chin and that's the way we want to play.
"That's what VAR is there for. It's hard because you think you've won but we've got to get used to it. I'm sure they got it right.
"I don't think the Champions League final affected it tonight, as a squad we are good enough whoever plays. This is when the tournaments are going to be, you've got to pick yourself up at this stage of the season. We were a few inches away from winning it.
"We made sloppy mistakes giving the ball away but that's what we have to learn from. When you come across good teams that's what they do.”
England boss Gareth Southgate said: “An incredible evening, really, with the twists and turns of the match. I think we’ve learned so much by playing against a top-quality team posing different problems to ones we’ve played in the past.
“We got to grips with those issues, we had a threat throughout, but obviously we’ve conceded really poor goals. At any level you can’t concede those types of goals. We also had a couple of really good opportunities to score, and you have to take those chances.
“We have to play out better. I don’t think it’s a case of stopping doing what we are doing. The Dutch pressed really well, and we weren’t quite as sharp in some of our decision-making.
“But we’ll be stronger for our experiences. We can’t have too many of these high-level matches. And we’ve got to give a really good account of ourselves on Sunday.”
Raheem Sterling added: “We have to keep trying. It just wasn’t to be. I think we’ve still made progress to get to this stage, and it’s all about kicking on now, and trying to achieve the last bit.”
