Players back under-fire Wayne Rooney

England 2 Malta 0: Wayne Rooney’s team-mates have rallied to his defence after he was booed on England’s Wembley return.

Rooney was barracked by a small but audible section of the 81,000 crowd in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Malta, most noticeably when he sent a late shot high and wide.

It continues a trend of difficult days for the captain, who was poor in the Euro 2016 defeat by Iceland and again in Sam Allardyce’s solitary match in charge in Slovakia.