2018 World Cup qualifier: England beat Slovakia at the death
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Lallana steals a win

England beat Slovakia at the death
Afp, Trnava
Mon Sep 5, 2016 12:00 AM Last update on: Mon Sep 5, 2016 01:28 AM
Adam Lallana
England midfielder Adam Lallana's 95th minute strike gave England a dramatic win over Slovakia in their 2018 World Cup qualifier yesterday. PHOTO: REUTERS

Adam Lallana scored with the last kick of the match as England edged 10-man Slovakia 1-0 in Sam Allardyce's first game as manager in World Cup qualifying on Sunday.

Despite Slovakia having Martin Skrtel sent off in the 57th minute, Allardyce looked destined to become the first England manager since Bobby Robson in 1982 not to win his first game in charge.

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But in the fifth minute of stoppage time at Trnava's City Arena, Lallana squeezed a shot between Slovakia goalkeeper Matus Kozacik's legs to get England up and running in Group F.

Allardyce, nicknamed 'Big Sam', succeeded Roy Hodgson after England's humiliating Euro 2016 elimination by Iceland.

Kozacik's gaffe enabled him to become the ninth England manager to start his tenure with a win.

Lallana's goal spared England from a repeat of the result from their group-stage encounter with Slovakia at Euro 2016.

It also meant that captain Wayne Rooney finished as a winner on a night when he won his 116th cap to become England's most-capped outfield player.

Allardyce had vowed that Rooney would no longer play as a number 10 on his watch, but the captain nonetheless lined up in midfield beside Jordan Henderson in a 4-1-4-1 system.

With Raheem Sterling hugging the touchline on the right and Lallana flitting infield from the left, it left lone striker Harry Kane isolated.

It took England until mid-way through the first half to present Kane with anything approaching a shooting chance and when Kyle Walker picked him out at the near post, the number nine missed his kick.

Allardyce shuffled his pack at half-time, switching Sterling and Lallana and pushing Rooney upfield.

Rooney then registered England's first shot on target in the 65th minute, a weak curler that Kozacik pushed away uncertainly, before Sterling almost caught the Slovakia goalkeeper out with an improvised chip.

Allardyce sent on Dele Alli and Theo Walcott for Henderson and Sterling, while Daniel Sturridge replaced Kane late on.

The Liverpool midfielder continued to look like England's best chance of a goal, with one shot parried by Kozacik and another fizzing wide.

Walcott found the net in the 90th minute, tucking the ball away after Sturridge's shot was blocked, only for his celebrations to be cut short by an offside flag.

But just as it looked as if victory would elude England, Lallana gathered Rose's cross and unleashed a hopeful shot that crept between Kozacik's legs and dribbed into the net. 

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