Stephen Taylor and Gabriel Agbonlahor know England can improve in the second leg against Wales.
Wales 2-3 England
2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Play-Off First Leg
7.45pm, Friday 10 October 2008
Ninian Park, Cardiff City FC
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England Under-21 stars Steven Taylor and Gabriel Agbonlahor know there is still work to be done before they can celebrate a place at next summer's European Championship.
Agbonlahor's clever flick on the hour mark put the seal on England's 3-2 victory at Ninian Park, but the Aston Villa striker is only too aware that his side face a stiff challenge to hold onto that advantage when the sides renew acquaintances at his home ground on Tuesday.
He said: "I was surprised to get contact on the cross and it's great to score again. We made it hard for ourselves in the first half. But in the second half we created more than enough chances and got there in the end.
"We have the team to progress, but they are a good side so we'll have to be at our best on Tuesday."
Taylor added: "We had a difficult start and we weren't happy with the goals we conceded. We have a game to win on Tuesday as this tie is still very much alive.
"We're disappointed not to have tied it up tonight so we have all to play for. We gave them too much space to play in the first half but we were much better in the second and we have to continue that on Tuesday."
The Teams
Wales
1 Owain Fon Williams, 2 Neal Eardley, 3 Rhoys Wiggins, 4 Jack Collison, 5 Darcy Blake, 7 Nicky Adams (17 Joe Allen, 59), 8 Andy King, 9 Simon Church, 10 Aaron Ramsey, 11 Shaun MacDonald (16 Jonathan Brown, 76), 15 Lewin Nyatanga
Goals
Simon Church 13, 45
Subs: 6 Joe Jacobson, 12 Rhys Taylor, 13 Lloyd James, 14 Mike Williams, 18 Marc Williams
Manager
Brian Flynn
England
1 Joe Hart, 2 David Wheater, 3 Jamie O’Hara, 4 Lee Cattermole, 5 Steven Taylor, 6 Michael Mancienne, 7 James Milner, 8 Tom Huddlestone, 9 Gabby Agbonlahor (16 Fraizer Campbell, 76), 10 Mark Noble, 11 Adam Johnson,
Goals
David Wheater 19, Adam Johnson 35, Gabriel Agbonlahor 62
Subs: 12 Richard Stearman, 13 Tom Heaton, 14 Jack Cork, 15 Ryan Bertrand, 17 Matt Derbyshire, 18 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Manager
Stuart Pearce
Referee
Pavel Cristian Balaj
Assistant Referees
Marcel Savaniu
Zoltan Szekely
Fourth Official
Sorin Corpodean