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England coach Hodgson pleased with Rooney performance

England coach Roy Hodgson was pleased with Wayne Rooney's performance in victory over Scotland.

The Manchester United striker played longer than expected, having recently recovered from a shoulder injury and not having played any pre-season games.

Asked about Rooney's performance, Hodgson said: "Good. This is his first competitive game of the year. Under normal circumstances you wouldn't be expecting that of a player in mid-August against Scotland, but David Moyes and the people at United have been fantastic. They've almost welcomed the fact he wanted to play and I wanted to play him.

"He got 67 very valuable minutes. He was looking so fit, chasing hard and working hard. It went well because he's fit and raring to go."

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