Injury woes temper England satisfaction

28 March 2009 22:00
Wayne Rooney admitted injuries to Emile Heskey, Peter Crouch and Carlton Cole took the gloss off England's 4-0 friendly win over Slovakia.Heskey opened the scoring before limping off - and his two replacements, Cole and Crouch, also went off injured at Wembley.Crouch should be fit for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier with Ukraine. But Cole is out, and Heskey will undergo a scan to determine the extent of his problem.Rooney, who scored twice in the second half with Frank Lampard also on the scoresheet, said: "We played very well. The first half-hour was excellent, and we should have scored a few more goals."Overall, it was a good performance and a well-deserved win."It's a bit sad we got the injuries early on, but it was a good build-up for us."As for his own form, Rooney added on Setanta Sports 1: "I'm delighted I'm scoring goals for England, the team is working really hard in training - and the set-up seems to suit me very well."Boss Fabio Capello added: "We played very well with lots of chances to score goals."Slovakia had two chances, and (David) James made two fantastic saves. I'm happy because we played very well and we won here with fantastic support."I'm very happy and I hope against Ukraine we will be better."[LNB]

Source: Eurosport