Ehiogu and Southgate will be eager to impress Eriksson

UGO EHIOGU and Gareth Southgate have vowed to unleash four months of pent-up frustration on Slovakia if they are asked to fill the defensive hole left by Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand this weekend.

Ehiogu and Southgate will be eager to impress Eriksson

The Middlesbrough centre-back pairing is set to start in an international for the first time together after Sven-Goran Eriksson's first-choice defensive duo were ruled out.

While Ferdinand was already facing a knee operation, Campbell has been forced to pull out of Saturday's opening Euro 2004 qualifier due to a severe bout of gastroenteritis.

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