England skipper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196, feels that his side failed to play to their potential during their 1-1 draw against Poland at Warsaw.
The fixture, which was scheduled to be played on Tuesday, was postponed for a day due to inclement weather and waterlogged outfield.
The Three Lions started the match brightly, claiming the lead in the 31st minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736.
However, a dominating spell of football from the home side saw them restore parity in the 70th minute.
The draw enabled Roy Hodgson’s unit to go at the summit of Group H, after having managed 8 points from their 4 games. Poland have 5 points from their 3.
Commenting on the match, the Three Lions captain believes that their opponents were able to cope with the difficult conditions much better than them.
He rued their inability to dominate the proceedings despite going into the lead, and feels that they never really threatened to extend their advantage.
“I thought http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 dealt with the conditions and played to the conditions slightly better than us. That's the reason we didn't get three points,” he told the reporters.
“We did OK until we scored but never built on the one-goal lead. We never passed the ball well enough, for whatever reason.”
England might be sitting at the top of the group currently, but Montenegro will have a say about that, when they take on minnows http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/San-Marino-c2998 next month.
The Brave Falcons have 7 points from their 3 matches, and will lead the group if they secure all three points.
The situation left the maverick midfielder disappointed as instead of depending on other results, he wanted his side to be on the top of things going into the next year.
Nonetheless, he said that it was pertinent for them that they beat Montenegro in their next fixture and qualify for the World Cup in a convincing manner.
“That's why we wanted maximum points to go into the new year in the driving seat. We have to make sure we take maximum points from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Montenegro-c2959 when we play them now,” he added.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 will lock horns with Branko Brnović’s unit on the 26th of March, 2013.
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