England 2 Poland 0: Roy's boys heading for Brazil after Rooney and Gerrard seal win against Poland
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England will be at the 2014 World Cup after Wayne Rooney headed the first and Steven Gerrard sealed the win against Poland at Wembley last night.
Rooney struck four minutes before half time, nodding in Leighton Baines's left-wing cross.
Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny made a number of superb saves as Wembley became increasingly nervy but Gerrard sealed the victory in the 88th minute after a driving run.
Heading into the lead: Wayne Rooney nods the ball home to give England the lead
MATCH FACTS
England: Hart, Smalling, Cahill, Jagielka, Baines, Gerrard, Carrick (Lampard 71), Townsend (Milner 86), Rooney, Welbeck, Sturridge (Wilshere 82). Subs: Subs: Ruddy, Jones, Gibbs, Milner, Barkley, Defoe, Sterling, Lambert, Forster.
Booked: Lampard, Rooney.
Goals: Rooney 41, Gerrard 88.
Poland: Szczesny, Wojtkowiak, Jedrzejczyk, Glik, Celeban, Blaszczykowski, Mierzejewski (Zielinski 75), Krychowiak, Sobota (Pezsko 65), M Lewandowski (Klich 46), R Lewandowski. Subs: Boruc, Wasilewski, Jodlowiec, Polanski, Wawrzyniak, Sobiech, Rzezniczak, Fabianski.
Booked: Jedrzejczyk
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia).
Attendance: 85,186
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Flying: Rooney (centre) wheels away in delight after heading England into the lead
Mob rule: The England players pile on to Rooney after his goal
Kissing the badge: Rooney plants a smacker on his shirt after scoring England's opener
He's lost his headgear: Rooney's protective clothing fell off - and without it on he scored
At full stretch: Wojciech Szczesny dives desperately to his left but the ball goes wide
Hart stopper: England's goalkeeper makes a crucial save from Robert Lewandowski
Invader: A Polish fan runs on to the Wembley pitch
Using his head: Danny Welbeck tries to get a header on goal
Winning his battle: Chris Smalling comes away with the ball and leaves his opponent on the floor
Rattling the bar: Andros Townsend sees his shot hit the woodwork with Wojciech Szczesny well beaten
Tussle: Leighton Baines keeps tabs on Poland's Piotr Celeban
Intervention: Chris Smalling (left) gets his head to the ball to snuff out a Poland attack
Floored: Danny Welbeck goes down as he tries to take a chance in the Poland area
Agonising: Chris Smalling (on ground, centre) just fails to get a touch and the ball goes wide
Close call: Joe Hart can only watch as Robert Lewandowski (left) steers a shot just wide of the post
Huge support: There were more than 20,000 Poland fans inside Wembley for the game
Flare play: The Polish contingent lit up Wembley before kick-off
Flying the flag: Poland fans show their colours outside Wembley
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