ENGLAND’S MATCH RATINGS 9 9 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 6 6

Inspiring once more. Penalty-saving hero made a magnificent full-length dive to deny Berg’s powerful header early in the second half then from Claesson later. Muscles Maguire has been a rock for England in Russia and yesterday the man mountain did not let them down. His powerful header gave England lift-off. Kept calm throughout. Did the simple things well. Was never put under real pressure and used the space cleverly to get moves rolling. Was not afraid to get stuck in. Looked nervous during the early skirmishes. Settled and grew into the game. He never faltered and proved himself a quality defender once again. Got into good attacking positions. The Swedes coped with him well from open play. But his set-play delivery was again superb. Great corner for opening goal. Involved a lot and bombed forward tirelessly down the right flank. When he got into his stride, was England’s most dangerous attacker. The glue that kept England together. His forward passes carried sting, which set England off on wave after wave of attacks. Great last-ditch block to foil certain goal. Put in a tremendous shift. Always ready to close Sweden down and popped up in space when England had the ball. A threat throughout the afternoon. Finally arrived at the World Cup after not having had a great time so far. Needed to step up his game – and did with fine headed goal. It restored his confidence. His finishing was so poor. However, always wanted the ball and was such a danger in behind. But he fluffed his lines when presented with the chance to score. Took ages to get going. Lost amongst the lighthouse Swedish defenders but kept offering himself as a target. Sadly was not one of his finest games.

New dad came on and used the moment well .............. 6 A like-for-like replacement ............................................. 6 Striker many wanted to start finally got a run-out ........ 6

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