Same old story for main men Rooney and Gerrard

Sao Paulo is some 5,885 miles from Wembley, but as a crestfallen England team contemplated the likely end of another World Cup dream it was clear they had brought the same old failings and the same old issues with them to Brazil.

Nowhere was that plainer than on the faces of Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.

The two most experienced members of the England side may not get another chance like this again. They will be 32 and 38 respectively by the time the next World Cup comes around, and perhaps there are only so many disappointments they can take.