Gerrard demands improvement

Last updated : 27 June 2006 By Al Campbell
England are through to the quarter finals of the World Cup but Steven Gerrard says they must pick up their performances if they want to win the tournament.

"We will keep improving as the tournament goes on. But if we perform badly or any worse than we have already, we could go out. We have got to be careful and keep trying to improve," says the Liverpool skipper.

"The three of us in midfield were pleased with how it went and we got better as the game went on.

"We got more support to Wayne in the second half and if the final pass had been better a few times, we might have won the game three or four-nil.

"We passed the ball a lot better second half, got into some dangerous situations. It was just that final ball which was a little bit off. If we get that right, the system will work for us."