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Steven Gerrard clockwatch

Steven Gerrard clockwatch

Published: Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 10:47PM

Two minutes: Dissects the Montenegro defence with a brilliant 40-yard ball which Peter Crouch only just fails to get on the end of.

Five: Stray ball leads to England losing possession before winning it back with a crunching tackle.

11: Tracks back to rob Simon Vukcevic of the ball after Ashley Young gives away the ball.

13: Picks apart the visitors' defence once more with another 40-yard pass with the outside of his boot but Young is just off the pace and fails to beat the on-rushing Montenegro keeper to the ball.

20: Orchestrates most of England's attacking play in the first 20 minutes but is often found too deep to make a major impact on the game.

25: Claims he is held back in the Montenegro box as he tries to get on the end of Young's in-swinging free-kick.

30: Trips Milan Jovanovic inside the Montenegro half to give away a free-kick.

40: Beats Jovanovic to the header only for the Montenegro striker to complain he was elbowed in the fight for the ball. Referee Manuel Grafe waves away the protests.

42: Takes a long pass down comfortably before laying the ball off to Wayne Rooney but he fails to hit the target.

45: Skips over Milorad Pekovic's tackle before playing in Glen Johnson behind the Montenegro defence.

49: Pulls off a wonderful piece of trickery to turn Radomir Djalovic on the right flank before delivering a cross into the Montenegro box.

58: Prises open the Montenegro back line with a clever slide-rule pass but Mladen Bozovic rushes out to snatch the ball from Rooney's feet.

72: Hits a mis-timed volley at goal which Bozovic saves easily.

79: Clever one-two with Rooney puts England in a dangerous position on the edge of the box but substitute Shaun Wright-Phillips loses the ball.

83: Hooks the ball away from inside his own box as England come under pressure from a Montenegro break.