England 1-0 Sweden | Official pitchside goals and full highlights - 15/11/11 England v Sverige
2000th goal ends long run without a win over Sweden. England beat Sweden for the first time in 43 years and it was the 2000th goal in their history that sealed a second win in four days for Fabio Capello's team. The last victory over the Scandinavians came in 1968, also at Wembley, but that hoodoo was ended with a first-half goal which appeared to come off the head of defender Daniel Majstorovic although Gareth Barry will claim it after directing the initial header goalwards inside the area. That debate will no doubt be settled soon, but Capello will also be pleased with his team's display after making eight changes from the side which beat World Champions Spain in the previous game. There were some encouraging individual performances too, with Kyle Walker impressing on his full debut at right-back, whilst Leighton Baines and Stewart Downing were a constant thorn down the left in the first half before the Liverpool man switched sides in the second period. After a tentative opening, the first real chance of the game fell to England in the 18th minute when Theo Walcott picked up the ball and broke into the Swedish box. Trading a pass with Bobby Zamora, the ball fell back to the Fulham striker, but his shot on the stretch hit the side-netting rather than force Andreas Isaksson into a save. It would have been a great way to celebrate his first start had Zamora squeezed the effort in. England didn't have to wait much longer than that before breaking the deadlock, as Baines and <b>...</b>
England vs Sweden England Sweden 15/11/2011 England Gareth Barry Sweden England beat Sweden Gareth Barry Manchester City goal Scott Parker Sweden Imbrahimovic Lampard 1-0 England Sebastian Mellberg Elmander Isaksson Larsson Spain highlights goals win vs Villa free kick Hart Spurs Barcelona Fabregas Jagielka Lescott Walcott David Silva Terry Wembley
