Stand-in captain Steven Gerrard praised the performance of John Terry during England’s 3-1 victory over Egypt, as the disgraced defender made his first appearance for the Three Lions since Fabio Capello stripped him of the armband.
“I thought he was superb tonight, John. I thought he handled everything really well and he showed he is a fantastic player and a great leader for us,” Gerrard told ITV Sport.
The Liverpool midfielder praised the visitors performance at Wembley, admitting that his side found them hard to compete against in the first half.
“You’ve got to give credit to them,” said Gerrard. "They played very well first half and the difference was we never converted the chances we had.
“We were unfortunate to come in 1-0 down but we showed good character and great togetherness to get back into the game and go on and win it.”
“I think we needed to press better together, we were a bit individual in the first half,” he explained. “We were pressing in ones and twos and they were passing it well around us.”
“We pressed a lot better in the second half and we won the ball further up in their pitch and we were more dangerous going forward.”
“I thought he was superb tonight, John. I thought he handled everything really well and he showed he is a fantastic player and a great leader for us,” Gerrard told ITV Sport.
The Liverpool midfielder praised the visitors performance at Wembley, admitting that his side found them hard to compete against in the first half.
“You’ve got to give credit to them,” said Gerrard. "They played very well first half and the difference was we never converted the chances we had.
“We were unfortunate to come in 1-0 down but we showed good character and great togetherness to get back into the game and go on and win it.”
“I think we needed to press better together, we were a bit individual in the first half,” he explained. “We were pressing in ones and twos and they were passing it well around us.”
“We pressed a lot better in the second half and we won the ball further up in their pitch and we were more dangerous going forward.”
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