Beyond his goal, Lallana also hit the post and linked a familiarly disjointed team together, combining well with substitute Dele Alli and bringing striker Harry Kane more into the game.
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The Manchester United captain played his 116th match for the Three Lions in their 1-0 win over Slovakia in World Cup qualifying.
“I think that he holds a lot more experience at global football than me as an worldwide manager”.
Given that Wayne Rooney first scored for England at 17 and Theo Walcott had bagged a hat-trick by the age of 19, 28-year-old Lallana is a late developer and he has long acknowledged that he has not scored enough goals – for England or Liverpool. I know that if I continue doing what I am doing the goals will come, that is all I can do.
The former England and Newcastle striker retired from worldwide duty aged just 29 after Euro 2000, and last week encouraged Rooney to make a similar decision following such a disappointing campaign in France – advice which the current captain hasn’t taken on board.
Wayne Rooney has been accused of “killing” Harry Kane in England’s narrow 1-0 win over Slovakia.
Allardyce said: ‘These are a company with many facets in their locker and we’ll use them on a consistent basis to help the players build a bit more resilience; so they are able to cope with pressure better’.
Helping the midfielder out was a keeper who was outstanding as the teams shared a goalless draw at Euro 2016 when Hodgson was criticised for making several changes to his lineup.
“If you want to be successful, you need to leave everything on the pitch”, he said.
It took 64 minutes for the team to produce a shot on target, and they eventually sneaked a 1-0 win thanks to a 95th-minute strike from Adam Lallana. But the opposition were very tough. “It was only when we went a man down that they created more”.
Harry Kane is not now the domineering number nine 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.
Allardyce revealed afterwards he will now keep the coin, so here Press Association Sport takes a look at five other sporting lucky charms and superstitions. “We dominated the game and finally got what we deserved”.
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“A father and his son, who was in a wheelchair, came to the hotel this morning and said: ‘Is it OK if you have a picture with my son?” he said.
