Roy Hodgson insists he was pleased to pick up a point as England drew 1-1 in Poland.
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On Rooney's second-half substitution for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Hodgson added: "I don't think Wayne was having one of his better days.
"It was a tiring pitch and we had Oxlade-Chamberlain on the bench, who we think is a very exciting young player and funnily enough I thought after they scored we played one of our better spells in the game.
"Alex was nice and lively and I think towards the end we were maybe closer to a 2-1 victory than they were.
"We gave the ball away quite a lot of times but so did the Polish team. I think you can excuse players to some extent because of the surface but we are the first to admit it wasn't one of our better performances.
"We got a result from the game and showed the necessary character. It gives me great heart for the future that we are unbeaten in 11 games and even when things aren't going great for us, we get something out of the game."
