Eriksson salutes ‘sick’ Beckham’s resilience

SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON saluted England captain David Beckham after he had played through sickness to rescue England’s World Cup dreams against Ecuador.

The England manager revealed he had not known Beckham was feeling unwell before the game and only realised when his skipper vomited after scoring his trademark free-kick on the hour mark which took his side through to the quarter-finals.

Said Eriksson: “I did not know he was feeling bad before the game. He didn’t tell me, for sure. In the second half we saw it all, he didn’t need to tell me.”