Sturridge on a tough game and getting the win | England 1-0 Sweden

The Chelsea star discusses his rise at a young age and the how tough the Sweden game was. 2,000th goal ends long run without a win over Sweden. England beat Sweden for the first time in 43 years and it was the 2,000th 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
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