Steven Gerrard captained England as the Three Lions maintained their 100 per cent start to Euro 2012 qualification with a 3-1 win over Switzerland in Basel on Tuesday night.
Gerrard and Liverpool teammate Glen Johnson played the entire 90 minutes at St Jakob Park - claiming an assist each as Fabio Capello's men secured a comprehensive victory.
Elsewhere in European Championship qualifying, Martin Skrtel helped Slovakia to an impressive 1-0 success in Russia while Milan Jovanovic played for 64 minutes in Serbia's 1-1 home draw with Slovenia.
Daniel Agger and Christian Poulsen went the distance for Denmark in a 1-0 triumph over Iceland in Copenhagen, which came courtesy of Morten Skoubo's dramatic injury-time winner.
However, there was disappointment for Raul Meireles, who played for 90 minutes as Portugal crashed to a 1-0 loss in Norway and also received a yellow card.
Dirk Kuyt's and Ryan Babel's Netherlands won 2:1 against Sami Hyppiä's Suomis. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored the goals for Oranjes. Dirk Kuyt didn't feature due to his injury.
Meanwhile, Pepe Reina endured a night to forget as Spain crashed to a 4-1 defeat in the glamour friendly with Argentina in Buenos Aires.
The Liverpool custodian conceded three first-half goals before being replaced at half-time. Fernando Torres was an unused substitute for the World Cup winners.
In U21 qualifying, Danny Wilson helped Scotland into the play-offs, figuring in every minute of a 2-1 win against Austria at Pittodrie.
Martin Kelly was an unused substitute as England U21s sealed a spot in the finals courtesy of a 3-0 triumph over Lithuania.
Peter Gulacsi kept a clean sheet as he skippered Hungary to a goalless draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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