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| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain admits England found it tough getting to grips with the 3G pitch |
ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN has conceded the pitch wasn't to his liking as England wrapped up their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a routine win away to Lithuania.
The Three Lions coasted to a 3-0 victory thanks to goals from Ross Barkley, an own goal from Giedrius Arlauskis and a late Oxlade-Chamberlain strike.
Roy Hodgson's men finished their qualifying camping with a perfect 10 wins from 10 matches.
England played on a 3G surface this evening, and though Oxlade-Chamberlain admits the camp is buoyant ahead of next summer's tournament, he claims the pitch was tricky.
"The pitch was difficult and it skidded through, it made it hard to run in behind but we did what we needed to do," Oxlade-Chamberlain said.
"We are very excited about going to France, we have belief in this squad."
Meanwhile, England captain Phil Jagielka is impressed with the youth talent cropping up.
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| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (left) celebrates after scoring England's third goal |
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| Phil Jagielka thinks there are good England players coming through |
He said: "The gameplan from day one was to win all 10 games and we have done it.
"We have good youth coming through and hopefully if we can nurture it we could have something special.
"We have chose some really tough friendlies. It will be hard games but we will try to prove ourselves."
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