Pressure: England rode their luck at times but took all three points

There was fortune too in England’s goal. Gerrard crossed low from the right and defender Yevhen Khacheridi, stretching to intercept, only succeeded in diverting it past his own goalkeeper to Rooney, who applied the finish from a yard.

It was his first goal in a major tournament for eight years and, after scoring, he celebrated by pretending to spray his hair, which is growing after a transplant.

 ‘I’d used Andy Carroll’s hair products and before the game he asked me to do it if I scored and so I did it,’ said Rooney. ‘Hopefully I’ll end up with hair like him.’

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