Frustration for England as Paul Robinson sees Henrik Larsson's effort draw Sweden level.
Wednesday, 21 June 2006.
England goalkeeper Paul Robinson was pleased the Three Lions got the draw they needed in order to finish top of Group B but believes work needs to be done on defending set pieces.
"We've conceded two goals from set-pieces," the Tottenham man said. "We do work a lot on those and we have to look at it.
"We will look at the goals because we didn't defend particularly well. But we have a few days to put it right."
England took the lead twice in Cologne but twice Sweden came back to claim a point - Marcus Allback headed home to make it 1-1 from a Tobias
Linderoth corner before Henrik Larsson scored during injury time.
"We have been disappointed in our second-half performances, but the bigger disappointment here was that we didn't kill the game off," Robinson continued.
As well as Sweden's two goals, England were fortunate not to concede from other corners when Swedish efforts twice hit the crossbar whilst Kim Kallstrom had an effort cleared off the line.
"We played very well in the first half. We wanted to go out and keep the momentum going. I think it was the first time we have been able to go out and play.
"Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago defended and it has been difficult, but this was a good game. We've picked up injuries, but overall we are pleased with the performance and pleased with the result."
England v Sweden, FIFA World Cup, Cologne, 20 June 2005
England: Paul Robinson, Jamie Carragher, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand (Sol Campbell, 56), Ashley Cole, David Beckham, Owen Hargreaves, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Wayne Rooney (Steven Gerrard, 69), Michael Owen (Peter Crouch, 3).
Subs not used: David James, Scott Carson, Wayne Bridge, Gary Neville, Aaron Lennon, Stewart Downing, Jermaine Jenas, Michael Carrick, Theo Walcott.
Sweden: Isaksson, Lucic, Mellberg, Edman, Alexandersson, Linderoth (Andersson, 90), Kallstrom, Ljungberg, Jonson (Wilhelmsson, 54), Larsson, Allback (Elmander, 74).
Subs not used: Alvbage, Hansson, Ibrahimovic, Nilsson, Rosenberg, Shaaban, Stenman, Anders Svensson, Karl Svensson.
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Sui)
Assistants: Francesco Buragina (Sui), Matthias Arnet (Sui)
Fourth Official: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Ksa)
Fifth Official: Fathi Arabati (Jor)