Rooney fires England to Swiss victory

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Rooney fires England to Swiss victory
Tue, 07 Sep, 2010 - 23:29

Wayne Rooney put his personal problems to one side just as he promised and fired England on their way to a Euro 2012 qualifying win over 10-man Switzerland.

Substitutes Adam Johnson and Darren Bent also found the net after Stephan Lichtsteiner had been sent off, to ensure Xherdan Shaqiri’s thunderbolt was of no real value.

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