Adam Lallana scored in the last minute of stoppage time to give England a 1-0 win over Slovakia in their first World Cup Qualifier in what wasSam Allardyce’s first match in charge as England manager.
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Afterwards, he said: “It was pretty nerve-wracking at the end because the 10-men scenario means you must win”.
“A father and his son in a wheelchair came to the hotel this morning and asked if it was OK to have a picture, ” Allardyce said after Sunday’s 1-0 win in Trnava.
“I thought it should have been a second goal (after Walcott’s) but the referee had a hard job, and we finished the job in the end”.
“I keep hearing some people say Wayne should stop playing for his country to prolong his club career…”
“I think that he holds a lot more experience at worldwide football than me as an global manager”.
Kane is not now the dominant No.9 England need and want him to be, Raheem Sterling did not bring his Manchester City form with him to Trnava and Jordan Henderson failed to take his chance in the centre. Also as the game went on and they went down to ten men we did create the chances.
“If so, great. We’d like to get him into goalscoring positions more”.
“Finally we did get the goal and it’s (Lallana’s) first goal for England, so good luck to him”.
Wayne Rooney hit a low shot straight at Kozacik as the captain became England’s most capped outfield player, surpassing the record he held with David Beckham, by making a 116th appearance. “I think that he holds a lot more experience at global football than me as an worldwide manager. I thought I contributed to the game”.
There were concerns over whether Rooney would continue playing for England after Euro 2016 but he has vowed to play on and admitted he is proud to wear the nation team shirt. But I think it suits me in this team for the way we play.
It seems it isn’t just Manchester United fans who are getting frustrated with Wayne Rooney at the moment.
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The United star revealed that he was honoured with the achievement but that all he could think about after the game was the three points gained. “We have to try to be more effective breaking defences down”, conceded the England manager.
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“We are very annoyed to have let these three points slip away from us like this”.
