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Rooney proud to score in 100th England appearance

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney was delighted with his goal in his 100th England appearance during victory over Euro qualifying opponents Slovenia.

A Jordan Henderson own-goal had the visitors in front but Rooney won and converted a penalty before a Danny Welbeck double ensured England maintained their 100 per cent record in Group E.

"It's a great honour to represent England 100 times now and hopefully many more to come," he told ITV 1.

"We've got a good winning mentality. I think you've seen that once we went 1-0 down. We knew it was going to be tough night, even tougher after they scored but the character we've shown was great.

"That winning mentality is with us. We believe we're going to win every game."

He added: "It was though because they took the lead and we had to show our character and I think that will be good for us as a team.

"Since the World Cup we haven't faced that. Going behind it was a great reaction from the players and we're delighted with that.

"We could have done better before they went 1-0 up and I think after that, that really woke us up and we went and showed what a good team we are."

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