Mancini's side remained on the front foot but struggled to see a way through the walls of white shirts, with Ciro Immobile's shot blocked by John Stones and Marco Verratti's follow up easy for Pickford.
From our point of view we have full belief in what we have been doing and how we have been setting up, and of course we believe we can win the game.
He braced himself for contact but lost sight of the ball as attackers honed in on goal, only for the ball to rebound off his back and away from danger.
He had only scored once previously for Italy, in a World Cup qualifier away to Bulgaria in March this year 2-0.
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