ENGLAND MATCH REPORTS

Lampard (pen) 25

      
1. Robinson
2. Young
3. Carragher
4. Gerrard
5. Terry
6. Campbell (Ferdinand 65)
7. Beckham 58 59
8. Lampard
9. Crouch
10. Owen (Richardson 81)
11. J Cole 28 (King 62)
Substitutes
12. King
13. Kirkland
14. Ferdinand
15. Wright-Phillips
16. Richardson
17. Bent
18. Defoe

MATCH DETAILS

Match: WC Qualifier
Venue: Old Trafford
Date: 8th Oct 2005
Rankings: E11 A79
Att: 64,822
Ref: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Weather: Wet
Rating: 

MATCH STATS

10 Shots on target 2
3 Shots off target 10
4 Corners 4
18 Fouls conceded 14
2 Offsides 4
2 Yellow cards 3
1 Red cards 0
67% Possession 33%
1. Macho
2. Dober
3. Stranzl
4. Scharner
5. Ibertsberger (Lasnik 80)
6. Aufhauser
7. Schopp 24 (Kuljic 64)
8. Kiesenebner 74
9. Linz
10. Ivanschitz 24
11. Weissenberger (Sariyar 46)
Substitutes
13. Feldhofer
14. Standfest
15. Sariyar
16. Saumel
17. Lasnik
18. Kuljic
21. Schranz
 
MINI REPORT
A turgid lacklustre performance and the sending off of captain David Beckham meant England had to hold on at the end to secure the three points needed against Austria at Old Trafford. Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot on 25 minutes. Things will need to improve if England are to beat Poland on Wednesday.

 

PRESS MATCH REPORTS


AFTER MATCH COMMENTS

England boss Sven Goran Eriksson hinted England may try to overturn Beckham's red card. The Swede told BBC1: "From the bench I thought it (the second yellow card) was very, very harsh.

"I don't know if he touched him at all but there was no intention - it's very harsh. Maybe we can look at it - FIFA were here today so we will try to talk to them as well."

"With 10 men you need to be physically very strong. In the second half we defended brilliantly - everyone was together, fighting."

"As a performance I think we played very well in the first half - and when it was 11 v 11. Then we suffered but we did it together. I'm very happy with the boys' performance," added Eriksson, who confirmed Sol Campbell sustained a hamstring injury which could rule him out of Wednesday's final group six qualifying match against Poland.