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Moldova 0-5 England - The Official Highlights | FATV
England goalscorer Frank Lampard paid tribute to his young midfield team-mates Tom Cleverley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, as Roy Hodgson's new-look team started their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-0 win over Moldova in Chisinau. Chelsea ace Lampard scored twice in the first half to set England on their way to victory, including a penalty after only three minutes, but he picked out Cleverley and Oxlade-Chamberlain for praise after the Manchester United and Arsenal stars produced promising individual performances. "Tom played with such intelligence in midfield, he's a pleasure to play with and at such a young age he's going to be right in the middle of the team for many years to come," said Lampard. "And Alex was brilliant. He lit up the first half with his injection of pace and running with the ball. It's great to see exciting young players like that playing for England. "These are tricky places to come and the early goal always helps you to settle your nerves and after that our first-half performance in particular was sharp. The result gets the Three Lions off to a good start in their qualifying campaign but with Ukraine next up at Wembley on Tuesday night, Lampard wants to see even more improvement for what is sure to be a different and more difficult proposition altogether for the Three Lions. "We will try and improve," he added. "Whenever we play, even if we play pretty well, we always look for areas to improve. I think we took our foot off the pedal at times <b>...</b>
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