Rooney is now his country’s most capped outfield player, ahead of David Beckham, and is just nine games away from equalling goalkeeper Peter Shilton’s record of 125 England caps.
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“It is all about that final pass, putting a bit more care into it, but like I said we played well and could have won two or three-nil. Why should Slovakia go there when we have England in the group?”, Durica was quoted as saying by skysports.com on Tuesday. He’s won everything at Manchester United, more or less, and at Champions League and domestic level.
Kane, when asked about the incident leading to Skrtel’s second yellow card, added: ‘I felt the stamp. “Why should Slovakia go there, when we have England in the group?”
Nevertheless, for Allardyce to claim that he can play “wherever he wants” and that “it’s not for him to say where he’s going to play” is just plain wrong.
Adam Lallana scores in the fifth minute of added-on time as England edge 10-men Slovakia, 1-0 in Trnava.
“If they had created some great play and scored a nice goal, you say it is okay, but not such as a goal in the stoppage time”.
Allardyce said post-match it was “not for me to say” what Rooney’s position was and he “played wherever he wanted”.
“I think we always believed in our ability and there were no nerves or thoughts about the Euros in our minds tonight and I think that showed in our performance”.
“I think Theo Walcott’s was definitely a goal because it looked like it came off their defender. Hopefully, if I am picked for the next game or the next squad, I can get a few goals and see what happens”. Allardyce has warned Rooney that he needs to start scoring goals.
Dier admits his team’s inability to kill Sunday’s game off earlier is a cause for concern, conceding that they will need to be more clinical if they are to have any chance of success in major tournaments.
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“We have had a really good camp, good training sessions and we are delighted to reward him with a win”.
