England captain Wayne Rooney scored a
late winner against Slovenia to keep his
team firmly on track for Euro 2016.

Rooney's late strike, and two spectacular goalsfrom Jack Wilshere, mean England have won allsix of their Euro 2016 Group E qualifiers so far.
But their unblemished record was under threat when a catalogue of defensive errors saw veteran striker Milivoje Novakovic put Slovenia ahead just before half-time in Ljubljana.

Wilshere responded with two magnificent
strikes for his first goals in 28 England
appearances - but England had to suffer the
anxiety of Nejc Petnik's headed equaliser
before Rooney settled a thrilling affair four
minutes from time.

England's captain had wasted a succession of
earlier chances but made no mistake as he
raced clear to score his 48th goal for his
country, putting him level with Gary Lineker
and one behind Sir Bobby Charlton.

It was an England display that will have given
manager Roy Hodgson much pain before the
pleasure of victory, some slick passing and
lively attacking being mixed with dreadful
defending that would invite greater
punishment should it be repeated against a
higher calibre of opposition than Slovenia.