Steven Gerrard, England's newest number nine, answered the call for goals - but Sven-Goran Eriksson's World Cup masterplan did not clear any confusion. Gerrard marked his promotion into the "hole" left empty by Wayne Rooney with a beautiful headed goal to set England on the road to a 3-1 victory over Hungary.

John Terry and Peter Crouch also netted and Theo Walcott made history as England's youngest ever player at 17 years and 75 days - after Frank Lampard had seen a first-half penalty saved.