England forward Ashley Young was happy to help his country back to the top of their Euro 2012 qualification group after a comfortable 2-0 victory over Wales and was particularly pleased with Fabio Capello’s new formation.<\/p>\n
The Aston Villa man was influential in both England goals as the Three Lions\u2019 4-3-3 line-up caused Wales all sorts of problems in an action-packed opening 15 minutes of the game, but Young admitted that victory was the main thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main thing is to get the three points and get ourselves back up the top of the group where I think we should be,\u201d he told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we keep playing like that, with even more good performances, then I\u2019m sure we can stay up there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Young was brought down inside the penalty area in the sixth minute by a clumsy James Collins challenge and Frank Lampard calmly fired the spot-kick past Wayne Hennessey. Nine minutes later the forward was involved again as he crossed for club team-mate Darren Bent to fire home from six yards, but Young insisted the game was not as easy as some might think.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it was comfortable,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew it was going to be a tough game, we knew if we scored early we\u2019d be on the front foot and we went out and got the penalty and Frank Lampard stuck it away like he has been doing all week in training.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just wanted to kick on from there and we got the second goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe felt confident in the first half but we knew in the second half they were going to come at us, and we had to defend really well and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve done and we got the win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fabio Capello selected a 4-3-3 formation for the first time with Young and Wayne Rooney supporting Bent up front and the Villa man felt the performance showed they were comfortable with the new tactics.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was good, I think it worked,\u201d Young revealed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can see the way we were interchanging and everyone knew their jobs, it was a new formation but knew what doing and it worked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe worked on getting the ball back as soon as we lose the ball and the way the boys were pressing we wanted to get it back as quick as possible and put them under pressure straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victory takes England back to the top of Group G on goal difference from Montenegro, but England are not in competitive action again until the summer however Young admitted he was hoping to have done enough to be involved in Tuesday\u2019s friendly with Ghana at Wembley.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to put in your best performance and then you look towards the next game,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get the start today and hopefully get a start in the next game but we just take the victory today and concentrate on the next game when it comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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