Wednesday 12 September 2012 16:50, UK
Phil Jagielka remains confident that England can qualify for the World Cup as winners of Group H despite dropping two points at home in the 1-1 draw with Ukraine.
"If we'd taken them, especially earlier on, we'd have been in control of the game." Most of those chances fell to Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley, who had a nightmare in front of goal on his first England start at Wembley. Jermain Defoe also saw an effort disallowed, with referee Cuneyt Cakir repeatedly penalising the home side for raising their arms. "We're winning the ball and the ref's either booking us or giving free-kicks," Jagielka said. "So, it is a little bit frustrating but there's not much we can do about that. "We've just got to keep going until the final whistle. Being 1-0 down with 10 minutes left, we'd have taken the 1-1. "Thankfully, we managed to keep plugging away and get the penalty. Frank was calm as you like, finished it off, and a draw's not a bad result at the end."