Englands 4-1 Victory!

Theo Walcott was England’s hat-trick hero last night as England beat Croatia 4-1 in their World Cup qualifying tie in Zagreb. The 19-year-old opened the scoring, and despite damaging one of his boots in the first half returned to find the net again in the second half of the match.

Wayne Rooney scored England’s other goal, with Mario Mandzukic scoring the consolation goal for Croatia. "Tonight was a bit of revenge. It was a great performance and a great result," Rooney said. "You always enjoy a 4-1 victory, especially after what Croatia did to us in the last qualifying campaign."

England had lost twice against Croatia in qualifying for June's European championship, including a 3-2 defeat at Wembley in November.

Englands next game will be Belarus v England on 15th October, 8.00pm Setanta Sports 1.