England highlights
Monday, 15 October, 2007
Watch England cruise past Estonia with three first half goals proving enough to earn three points.
England 3-0 Estonia
UEFA European Championship Qualifier
3pm, Saturday 13 October 2007
Wembley Stadium
Live on BBC1
England’s fine run of recent form continued at Wembley as the Three Lions brushed aside the challenge of Estonia and now you can watch the highlights on TheFA.com.
Three goals in the first half were enough to collect the points and move England level on points with Croatia at the top of Group E.
Strikes from Shaun Wright-Phillips, Wayne Rooney and an own goal from Estonian defender Taavi Rähn proved enough to win the game and Steve McClaren’s thoughts will now turn to Wednesday’s game in Moscow, having collected the three points from this encounter.
The breakthrough was made after 10 minutes, when a flowing move on the right hand side led to Wright-Phillips trading passes with Richards and bursting into the box. He had a tight angle to contend with, but drilled a low shot past Mart Poom and into the far corner to give England an ideal start.
Rooney added England’s second in 32nd minute, striking a first time shot home with his left foot after a good run and cross from Joe Cole.
Moments later, England were gifted a third goal when Ashley Cole’s cross towards the box was diverted towards his own goal by Rähn and past Poom via the post.
Team details:
England: 1 Paul Robinson, (Tottenham Hotspur), 2 Micah Richards, (Manchester City), 3 Ashley Cole, (Chelsea) (14 Phil Neville, (Everton) 50), 4 Steven Gerrard (c), (Liverpool), 5 Rio Ferdinand, (Manchester United) (12 Joleon Lescott, (Everton) 46), 6 Sol Campbell, (Portsmouth), 7 Gareth Barry, (Aston Villa), 8 Shaun Wright Phillips, (Chelsea), 9 Wayne Rooney, (Manchester United), 10 Michael Owen, (Newcastle United) (15 Frank Lampard, (Chelsea) 70), 11 Joe Cole, (Chelsea)
Subs: 13 David James, (Portsmouth), 16 David Bentley, (Blackburn Rovers), 17 Peter Crouch, (Liverpool), 18 Jermain Defoe, (Tottenham Hotspur),
Head Coach: Steve McClaren
Estonia: 1 Mart Poom (c), 3 Andrei Stepanov, 4 Raio Piiroja, 5 Dmitri Kruglov, 6 Aleksandr Dmitrijev, 9 Ragner Klavan, 10 Joel Lindpere, 15 Tarmo Kink (24 Kristen Viikmae 61), 17 Enar Jaager, 18 Kaimar Saag, 21 Taavi Rahn
Subs: 2 Teet Allas, 7 Martin Reim, 13 Urmas Rooba, 19 Alo Barengrub, 29 Sergei Terehhov, 30 Mihkel Aksalu
Coach: Viggo Jensen
Match Official Details:
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Assistant Referees: Anders Norrestrand, Bo Abildgaard (Both Denmark)
Fourth Official: Thomas Vejlgaard
Attendance: 86,655