England beaten

Croatia have never lost at home in a competitive international and that impressive record was never at risk last night. England switched to 3-5-2 last night which meant a start for Jamie Carragher but the players looked ill at ease with the formation and Croatia were able to have the better of the game.

The first half was all Croatia and it was only thanks to some good goalkeeping from Paul Robinson that the game was level at the break.

It was more of the same from the hosts after the interval with England's only goalscoring chance coming when Wayne Rooney shot over the bar after a Peter Crouch knock down.

A goal for Croatia was bound to come and it arrived on the hour mark when Eduardo headed in a Niko Kovac cross. It was 2-0 eight minutes later when Gary Neville, who has never scored at the right end for England, scored an own goal.

Paul Robinson undid all his excellent earlier work when he attempted to clear Neville's back pass only to see the ball hit a divot and bounce over his foot into the net.