London: Lorenzo Insigne's penalty three minutes from time denied England another impressive World Cup warm-up friendly result as the video assistant referee (VAR) helped Italy salvage a 1-1 draw at Wembley on Tuesday.
England were on course to back up their 1-0 win over the Netherlands on Friday and draws against World Cup favourites Germany and Brazil back in November thanks to Jamie Vardy's 26th-minute opener.
However, German referee Deniz Aytekin overturned his initial decision not to award a spot-kick when substitute Federico Chiesa tumbled under the challenge of James Tarkowski on his England debut five minutes from time.
And Insigne dispatched the spot-kick past Jack Butland to score the first goal England have conceded in six matches.
However, the hosts could have been punished far earlier for a lackadaisical start but for some poor finishing from Ciro Immobile.
The Lazio striker has scored 34 goals this season, but twice failed to get his shot away in time after pouncing on a pair of errors by John Stones inside the first three minutes.
Immobile's best chance came 10 minutes later when he met Antonio Candreva's enticing cross unmarked at the back post, but again failed to find the target as his header drifted over.
At the other end, England's first chance took 24 minutes to arrive when the impressive Raheem Sterling played Vardy in behind the Italian defence.
The Leicester striker's shot, though, lacked the power or precision to beat G Donnarumma. England had to cope witouht Harry Kane.