The three lions of England manager Roy Hogson has expressed his dissatisfaction with Danny welbecks second yellow card. He told ITV: “We had already lost Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge. It takes the gloss off a good performance.” Welbeck scored twice in the victory over Moldova, with Rickie Lambert and Steven Gerrard joining him on the scoresheet, but the Manchester United forward was shown his second yellow card of the qualifying campaign before scoring his first goal.

His one-game ban comes with England’s striking options already weakened by his United team-mate Rooney’s withdrawal with a deep cut on his forehead and the heel injury sustained by West Ham’s Andy Caroll. “The thing that is a major, major negative is, after losing two centre-forwards of great quality, I have now lost a third one for a second booking. Today was good for us in that respect. But Tuesday’s game remains one of the crucial fixtures. We always knew it would be”, Hodgson told BBC Radio 5 live.