For a team thrown together in one training session, by a manager thrown into the job only six weeks earlier, there was always a danger this could be a chaotic European Championship encounter.

But Roy Hodgson should be extremely satisfied with a first competitive win against Sweden in England’s history and one that leaves them needing only a draw against Ukraine in Donetsk on Tuesday to progress to the quarter-finals.

For a start, the changes he made to his team, both in the side he selected to start and the substitution he made in response to seeing Sweden suddenly surge into a 2-1 lead, were inspired.

Rescue act: Welbeck celebrates with Andy Carroll after scoring England's third goal

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