Terry is pleased that England managed to maintain their unbeaten sequence right to the end of 2011 - a run of nine games - while ending a 43-year winless run against Sweden.

He said: 'It was important we got the result tonight after the Spain game as well.

'I've seen in the past us get the high and then drop back a little bit.

'We've had two good games and we are very happy with that.

'It is really good to be unbeaten for the whole year and the record against Sweden has been going on too long. 'It's good to put that one to bed as well.'

England boss Fabio Capello was pleased with his side's performances against Spain and then Sweden without Wayne Rooney, who is suspended for the three Euro 2012 group games, subject to an appeal.

'I learned a lot,' Capello said on ITV1. 'It was important to see some players against two difficult teams. I'm happy with the experiments, the results were positive. For the future, these players will be okay.

'Without Rooney we changed the style, played three midfielders in a 4-3-3. I'm happy because we won the two games and this evening we created a lot of chances.

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