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England coach Hodgson loses rag over Wembley criticism

England coach Roy Hodgson has lost his rag over criticism of his team's performance in their friendly win against Norway.

Hodgson blew his top over criticism of England's uninspiring performance in their 1-0 victory over Norway at Wembley.

Clearly irritated when asked to comment on the fact his side had only two shots on target, Hodgson snapped back: "I'm not going to judge it because someone is going to tell me, 'Well, you only had two shots at goal' because that is absolute f****** b*******, I'm sorry."

A paltry 40,181 turned up on Wednesday - the lowest crowd since the new stadium opened in 2007.

On the Wembley crowd, he said: "Now we have 40,000 to see us play against a much more difficult opponent than Peru (who England played in May)."

Referring to the abject campaign in Brazil, he added: "I can't put that right because I can't turn back the clock, but what I can do is analyse what I have seen and judge that through my own eyes."

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