ENGLAND (4-2-3-1):
6 Hart: Made a couple of routine saves from long-range efforts and swept up behind his defence effectively
7 Walker: Produced some effective surges down the right-hand side, with his pass infield helping set up Vardy’s goal
6 Stones: Held things together effectively at the heart of the back four and produced a smart clearance in first-half stoppage time
6 Keane: The Burnley man looks perfectly at home on the international stage, although much tougher tests lie in wait
7 Bertrand: Looked to get on the front foot at every opportunity and delivered some dangerous crosses into the middle
6 Dier: Was never troubled at the base of midfield and played some useful passes to England’s attacking midfielders
4 Oxlade-Chamberlain: Struggled in a deep-lying role and gave the ball away on a number of occasions – doesn’t suit the position he was asked to fill
7 Sterling: A mixed bag on occasion, but set up Defoe’s goal and looked dangerous when he ran at his opponent
6 Alli: Not one of the Spurs midfielder’s most effective performances, with Lithuania’s massed defence shutting him down
7 Lallana: Produced a superb flick to release Vardy in the second half and tried everything to break through the Lithuanian backline
8 DEFOE: Justified his recall with a clinical first-half strike and was always England’s most threatening attacking option
Subs:
7 Vardy (for Defoe, 59): Displayed commendable composure to score England’s second and stretched Lithuania’s back four late on 7
6 Rashford (for Sterling, 59): Didn’t have much of an opportunity to make an impact, but tried to force the issue cutting in from the flank
(not used): Forster (gk), Heaton (gk), Clyne, Shaw, Gibson, Livermore, Ward-Prowse, Barkley, Lingard, Redmond.
LITHUANIA (4-5-1):
Setkus 6; Vaitkunas 6, Kijanskas 6, KLIMAVICIUS 7, Slavickas 6; Cernych 5, Zulpa 5, Kuklys 5, Slivka 4 (Paulius 87), Novikovas 4 (Grigaravicius 54, 4); Valskis 4 (Matulevicius 73).
Subs (not used): Zubas (gk), Gertmonas (gk), Mikuckis, Verbickas, Klimavicius, Eliosius, Borovskij, Luksa, Baravykas.
Man Of The Match: JERMAIN DEFOE – The England striker might have been the oldest player on the pitch, but his qualities show no sign of waning. As clinical and composed as ever.
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