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Thomas Tuchel’s side created little of note in the face of Ghana’s determined low blocking, although England thought they had won the game late on when Nico O’Reilly headed the post and Harry Kane cleared the rebound.
Tempers threatened to boil over on more than one occasion during the draw, although the point ensures both nations secure passage to the knockout stages.
The first group stage of the 1982 World Cup remains the only time England won all their group matches at a major tournament.
And here’s the final whistle!
A truly mediocre match in an otherwise exciting World Cup concludes and there are celebrations from the Ghana players and fans.
They did brilliantly to maintain that draw and that means they are level with England on four points at the top of Group L.
Work to do for Thomas Tuchel and his players to confirm themselves in first place.
Ghana’s defense was magnificent and they are on the verge of earning a famous equaliser.
England seem to have no ideas and no time to find the winning goal.
There’s one minute left on the clock.
Another chance for England from another corner!
Some header tennis in the Ghana penalty area ended with Guehi rising higher to head towards goal. Goalkeeper Asare was beaten but Kojo Peprah Oppong positioned himself perfectly on the goal line to head clear.
A goal-saving block!
A lovely delivery from Rice towards the far post where Kane had positioned himself. But a push from Semenyo and Fatawu’s leap in front of him seemed to discourage him and the ball bounced behind for a Ghana goal kick.
It looked like England’s chances of victory were dashed when Kane smashed that left-footed shot over the bar, but they have another six minutes to find a winner.
The recovery begins with a corner kick high on the left.
Words exchanged between Pickford and Konsa there as a Ghana chance sailed over the bar. England looked a little nervous in defence.
Saka and O’Reilly do what they came for: the winger cuts in and fires a shot to the far post which is well saved, then the left-back crashes his header against the crossbar.
For the first time in this match, England finally looked threatening, but how they didn’t score I’m not sure I’ll ever know.
Firstly, Asare made a strong diving save to keep out Saka from outside the penalty area and then two golden chances put England past.
O’Reilly raced to meet an excellent delivery from James, but crashed his header against the crossbar. The rebound fell perfectly for Kane onto his left foot from 10 yards and he blasted his shot over the bar.
They were poor today, but England should have taken the lead.
Pockets of Ghana fans make themselves heard in the stadium. If the situation remains 0-0, the probability of reaching the knockout stage is 94%.
I have no idea why it took Tuchel so long to withdraw Madueke, but he finally did, with seven minutes left plus stoppage time.
Taking his place on the left is Marcus Rashford, scorer of England’s fourth goal against Croatia last week.
The thing about Queiroz’s contain and respond approach to football is that it requires his players to be ruthlessly efficient when scoring opportunities arrive.
Ghana finally had a chance to run behind the English defence, but Adu was too slow to clear the shot and his second attempt went straight to Semenyo.
Ghana defended well on Tuesday evening. They also attacked poorly.
