= “articlemeta-left”> Updated 15th November 2014 22:38 Clock

London (AFP) – Thanks to birthday boy Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck has the English national football team in the fourth game of the European Championship qualifier the fourth victory celebrated. With a 3: 1 (0: 0) against Slovenia Rooney scored his 100th first penalty taken by the compensation (59), before Welbeck (66th / 72nd) turned the game completely. The Three Lions were initially lagging behind by an own goal by Jordan Henderson (65th).

Rooney is only the ninth player with 100 appearances for England. With now 44 hits he also climbed to third in the all-time scorers list, successful were only Bobby Charlton (49) and Gary Lineker (48th).

In the Group E table England lies with 12 points before clear Switzerland (6), dealing with a 4: gave some air over Lithuania: 0 (0: 0). Lithuania’s goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis with an own goal (66) and Fabian Schär (68) and Bayern Munich’s Xherdan Shaqiri (80th / 89th) ensured the victory of the Confederates, who had started with two defeats in the qualification.

Slovenia and Lithuania (6) demonstrate the Plätz three and four. Fifth is Estonia, which with a 0, the rank outsiders San Marino had to settle for 0. For San Marino, it was the first point in a competitive match since March 1993. Recently the team had conceded 61 defeats in a row.