England have suffered their first puncture in the road to Rio 2014 after drawing 1-1 with Ukraine in an eventful and entertaining match at Wembley.The Three Lions endured a nervy first 5 minutes which saw Ukraines Yarmolenko have Joe Hart scrambling after his attempted cro s hit the outside of the post via a deflection.10 minutes in Jermaine Defoe scored from a thunderous 25 yard effort only to turn round and realise he had been penalised for a foul Kerry Wood Jersey on Yarmolenko in the build-up. Video evidence showed that Yarmolenko had dived and that the goal should have stood.3 minutes later Yarmolenko was cursing his luck as his low, placed effort was blocked off the line by Steven Gerrard after it had beaten Joe Hart.England made up for a poor defensive display in the first 15minutes with a 7 minute flurry of po se sion stretched between the 20 and 27 minute marks. This po se sion led to a corner from which Phil Jagielka had a free header blocked off the line after some cheap defensive errors were committed by Ukraine.England then had golden chance to take the lead after Gerrards cro s was headed acro s goal by Defoe to find Tom Cleverley who struck the ball right at the the Ukrainian goalkeeper Pyatov from 5 yards out.Cleverley and England were then punished for not taking their chances as Konoplianka took on the ball 30 Nico Hoerner Jersey yards out stepped inside from the left and unleashed a curling effort into the top right hand corner of the net. Joe Hart couldnt do anything about it.Cleverly then had another opportunity courtesy of great play from Milner as he pa sed it into him and he saw his effort cannon off the outside of the near post.The first real effort of note in the second half came in the 68th minute as Glen Johnson cut inside onto his weaker foot and released a low, skimming shot which was stopped expertly by Pyatov.In the 82nd minute Danny Welbeck went painfully close as he hit a rasping effort onto the outside of the post after Daniel Sturridges low cro s.England were given a lifeline in the 86th minute as they received a penalty after the two substitutes, Ryan Bertrand and Danny Welbeck combined and the ball was handled by Khacheridi. Lampard thumped his penalty to the left and sen Pyatov the wrong way.Soon after Steven Gerrard was given his marching orders for a second bookable offence after a poorly timed tackle.The full-time whistle blew and concluded a thrilling even contest at 1-1.England now have four points, following a win against Moldova on Friday, and sit second behind Montenegro on goal difference.
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