Beckham puts England on road to victory

England 3 Croatia 1

Beckham’s penalty, Owen’s header and Lampard’s thunderbolt earned the victory, with Ivica Mornar replying for the visitors. But England, who face vital Euro 2004 qualifiers against Macedonia and Liechtenstein next month, were exposed by counter-attacks time and time again in the first half.

Beckham fired England ahead from the penalty spot with just nine minutes gone.