Theo Walcott was delighted with his contribution from the bench and hopes there is more to come from him in this tournament.
The Arsenal winger came on in the 60th minute to replace James Milner with the brief of injecting life into an England side that had just surrendered their lead at the start of the second half and didn’t disappoint, as he scored the equaliser within a few minutes of coming on before a surging run set up the winner for Danny Welbeck.
Walcott said he has been disappointed that he hasn’t been involved from the start but conceded that this is a squad game and he was determined to take his chance when it was presented to him:
“I wouldn’t say I was the game changer. We felt from the first game we wanted to pick it up a bit more offensively and to score three goals is the main thing – it’s always nice to come off the bench and show what you can do.
“I’ve obviously been disappointed that I haven’t played, but I’ve been training hard and it’s not about the starting line-up, it’s a whole squad thing, we’re a family – I was sharp warming up and you need to be sharp on the pitch because at this level it’s really, really tough.” (Sky Sports)