Germany 2-1 Georgia

Thomas Muller scored Germany's goal from the penalty spot

World champions Germany booked their place at Euro 2016 with an unconvincing win over Georgia.

Joachim Low's side struggled before they were awarded a second-half penalty, which Thomas Muller converted.

Georgia captain Jaba Kankava levelled with a superb left-foot volley from outside the box.

Substitute Max Kruse had the final word, getting on the end of Mesut Ozil's precise through ball to coolly slot home the winner.

Germany also had goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to thank after he made a superb save to tip over a Tornike Okriashvili effort at 1-1.

A point was all the world champions needed to qualify for the European Championship in France next summer, and they topped Group D ahead of Poland, who beat the Republic of Ireland to take the second automatic qualification spot.

Germany manager Low said: "We know that is not what we demand from ourselves. Not the way we are currently operating in front of goal. We made our own life difficult.

"We are satisfied with the qualification but not satisfied with our last two games [they lost 1-0 to the Republic of Ireland on Thursday]. That is not our standard. We have work ahead of us."