The 1-0 Wembley loss was England's last friendly before the Euros kickoff.
Rice, however, said afterwards: "When we have that much of the ball, we have a couple of clear-cut chances and get beat 1-0 at home just before a Euros is not ideal. But there were a lot of positive performances. In the end it becomes a frustration game, you're chasing your tail a little bit and get caught on the counter-attack. It's not ideal we lost but there's a lot of learning curves you can build on as a team.
"There's no doubt about our quality on the ball as a collective. Maybe against the teams that sit in it's about being a bit mentally switched on. I felt at times we were a little stretched, not as compact as we usually are. Inside I'm hurting and between now and the next game there's work to be done."
On his midfield partnership with Kobbie Mainoo, he added: "We did it in March and it was really positive. I can imagine because we've lost some people are saying stuff but that's football these days.
"We're going to learn every game we play. Every game is a chance to learn and get better."