Sven shocker as Danes run riot

Denmark 4 England 1

It normally takes rather longer than this for optimism about England's chances of glory to become muffled but just four days after the start of the Premiership campaign, Eriksson's side were given a startling wake-up call.

Eriksson will at least be able to point to the fact that Denmark's four second-half goals three of them in the space of six suicidal minutes only came after he had made three changes at the back at half-time.