Sunderland's Bent seals England victory (From The Northern Echo)

Sunderland's Bent seals England victory

9:45pm Tuesday 7th September 2010 in

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SUNDERLAND striker Darren Bent sealed a 3-1 win for England over Swizerland tonight in the Euro 2012 qualifier in Basle.

Wayne Rooney had netted his first England goal for a year as Fabio Capello's side overcame the ten-man Swiss.

The Manchester United striker ended an 11-game drought for his country after ten minutes.

Switzerland had Stephan Lichtsteiner sent off before Adam Johnson made it 2-0 and, although Xherdan Shaqiri reduced the arrears, Bent wrapped up the points two minutes from time.