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Wayne Rooney bagged a double for England against Slovakia in a 4-0 friendly win at Wembley ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier with Ukraine.
Emile Heskey opened the scoring on eight minutes, whilst Rooney struck the hosts' second 20 minutes from time, before Frank Lampard caressed in a third and set up Rooney for a fourth in the final ten minutes.
But the match will be best remembered for David Beckham gaining his 109th England cap as a second half substitute and exceeding Bobby Moore's record for an outfield player.
Beckham was instrumental in Rooney's opening goal, producing the cross from which the Man United forward nodded in and will seek his 110th cap on Wednesday evening in West London.
However England boss Fabio Capello will possibly be without three strikers after Heskey, Carlton Cole and Peter Crouch all limped off with injuries against the Central Europeans.
Although despite receiving worrying afflictions during the match, Capello's side remained untroubled throughout and performed professionally against a side ranked 53rd in the world by FIFA.
Helped by an energetic display from midfielders Lampard and Steven Gerrard alongside a rejuevnated Rooney - who had received criticism of ill discipline from Capello after last week's red card for United at Fulham - England knitted intricate passing moves and were mostly untroubled in defence, with Slovakia rarely producing anything in the opposition half.
But Capello will be slightly concerned that David James had to provide two first half saves to deny Miroslav Karhan and Robert Vittek despite the visitors' lack of persistent penetration overall.
Slovakia though, succumbed to an early deficit and the task of competing with England remained an upward battle thereafter.
Capello's assignment of a free role to Gerrard brought the best from the Liverpool player, who assisted striker Heskey with England's opener on eight minutes.
Gerrard's intuitive cross was missed by Jozef Valachovic, with the ball running for Aston Villa forward Heskey to bundle the ball beyond Stefan Senecky after just eight minutes.
Though after Heskey should have doubled England's advantage just two minutes later after nodding poorly over from Rooney's cross, the powerhouse ex-Liverpool player was replaced on 14 minutes by Carlton Cole after receiving an injury.
The visitors failed to threaten England significantly during a 15 minute lull after Heskey's withdrawal, before Slovakia finally exerted pressure on the hosts' goal through sloppy England defending.
A corner evaded everyone but Karhan after half an hour, who struck straight at James with the Portsmouth goalkeeper producing a superb reflex diving save to deny him.
Meanwhile England's injury woes worsened when substitute Carlton Cole was replaced by Crouch after securing a groin injury just four minutes before the break.
Whilst England should have added a second through winger Aaron Lennon after the Spurs' player's drive was blocked by Senecky, Slovakia remained unpunished and should have equalised five minutes before the interval.
Vittek capitalised on a defensive howler between Ashley Cole and Matthew Upson to drive a fierce effort at James, who replied with a fine block over the bar.
For the second half Capello replaced Gerrard with Stewart Downing, Ben Foster replaced James and Beckham came on for his record cap after replacing Lennon.
Despite the changes, England, although remaining comfortable, lacked a cutting edge and a second goal until 20 minutes from time.
Beckham and Rooney's clever exchange resulted in the former curling a sublime ball to the latter, who rose stoutly to bury England's second to secure victory, which was no less than they deserved.
With Slovakia deflated, England added gloss to their victory with the industrious Lampard stroking across Senecky after a strong run to score with nine minutes left, before Rooney wrapped up the win with a neat finish from close range in injury time.
Although Capello will be pleased with the performance and the result, the Italian boss will be wary of his side's occasional defensive frailties and injury concerns ahead of Ukraine's midweek visit, with a much sterner test from the former Soviet state anticipated in England's World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
