Life's a pitch: England's unused players watch the game

England did take a little time to settle but by the 13th minute they were in control, Cahill scoring a goal that even justified the manager’s decision to go with the Bolton defender ahead of Phil Jones, the United teenager who even missed out on making the bench in the end.

It was the first England goal from a Bolton player in more than half a century, Barry meeting Young’s half-cleared corner with a diagonal ball that Cahill took on his chest before prodding his shot beyond the advancing Nikolay Mihaylov. 

It enabled England to settle in a hostile atmosphere marred by some disgraceful monkey chants, and within eight more  minutes Rooney had scored England’s second from another corner.

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