Skipper John Terry thanked the England fans for their support after returning to lead the side to a single goal victory over Sweden at Wembley.
Terry was appearing for his country for the first time since being the subject of a police investigation regarding alleged racist remarks towards QPR defender Anton Ferdinand. Terry strenuously denies the claims.
Terry said: "I'm not pleased to get it out of the way. I'm pleased that we've got the two wins from the two games. I was not worried about the crowd reaction. Not at all. I warmed up during the Spain game and got a really good reception from the fans. It was the same tonight. They were great with me so I can't ask for anymore than that."
Terry is pleased that England managed to maintain their unbeaten sequence right to the end of 2011 - a run of nine games - while ending a 43-year winless run against Sweden.
He said: "It was important we got the result tonight after the Spain game as well. I've seen in the past us get the high and then drop back a little bit. We've had two good games and we are very happy with that.
"It is really good to be unbeaten for the whole year and the record against Sweden has been going on too long. It's good to put that one to bed as well."
An own goal from Daniel Majstorovic decided the game although England midfielder Gareth Barry had got an initial touch on Stewart Downing's cross.
It was the 2,000th goal scored by England.
Barry said: "I just got told it's going down as an own goal. I got a touch on it and it skimmed it off the defender.
"It would have been great to score the 2,000th goal and I'm a bit disappointed. But I'm not a goalscorer and I won't be crying too much. I won't be thinking about it too much."
Source: PA
