England midfielder Frank Lampard insists he and his teammates will get better when the results really matter after two so-so performances in the warm-up phase.

The Three Lions have been less than impressive in their last two hitouts - a 3-1 win over Mexico and a 2-1 win over Japan which required two own goals from the opposition - but Lampard says that the team is improving with the goal of achieving positive results once the real stuff begins.

"These were tough games against two teams going to the World Cup finals," the Chelsea man said.

"So we had been working hard, training hard and you also have to remember we were not playing settled teams. A lot of people, a lot of things were being tried out.

"You have to put everything into the equation and see these are not the games that are going to win you the World Cup - they are the ones that will get you ready to win it.

"The manager was pretty pleased with some of the negatives because it gives us time to address them now rather than in two weeks' time.

"And, trust me, we are working hard. After the Mexico game we trained all the way up to the Japan game. We were training even on Saturday, the day before the match.

"But preparation for warm-up games will be slightly different to preparing for the real thing."