England cruised to a comfortable 5-0 victory over San Marino at Wembley this evening to make it two wins from two in Euro 2016 qualifying Group E.
The hosts broke the deadlock in the 24th minute as Phil Jagielka nodded home, while Wayne Rooney fired in a penalty just before the break to double his side's advantage.
Danny Welbeck added a third shortly after the restart, while Andros Townsend's strike was followed five minutes later by an Alex Della Valle own goal which capped off the scoring.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at a routine three points for the Three Lions.
Match statistics
England
Shots: 34
On target: 17
Possession: 78%
Corners: 16
Fouls: 14
San Marino
Shots: 2
On target: 1
Possession: 22%
Corners: 0
Fouls: 11
Was the result fair?
It is tough to determine exactly what scoreline would have been a fair reflection of this match. England were always going to win it comfortably, the only question was how many goals they could score. Five is the same amount they managed on San Marino's last trip to Wembley but, having overcome a disappointing first half, Roy Hodgson will feel that it should have been more tonight.
Rarely will you see statistics as one sided as those above. England had 34 shots on goal, half of which went on target, so to have only managed five goals may actually be rather disappointing. They certainly squandered a number of good chances throughout, although they did have to get past a wall of blue shirts to even catch sight of the goal.
Hodgson stressed before the match that this one was not about how many goals they scored, but rather how they performed. Even so, he would have liked to have seen more cutting edge from his side once they had grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck in the second half. Of course, England deserve the victory tonight, but it should have been by a greater margin.
England's performance
There are plenty of positives and negatives for Hodgson to pick from this match tonight, and in general they come in contrasting first-half and second-half performances. The first half was hugely disappointing from the hosts as they lacked the ingenuity and creativity to find a way through a San Marino side intent on putting everyone behind the ball.
Their two first-half goals came as a result of defensive errors and, in truth, 2-0 at the break flattered them a little. However, the problem was more tactical than anything else, and Hodgson's decision to make two changes at half time completely altered the course of the match. The arrivals of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Adam Lallana allowed England more width, which in turn created more space in the middle.
The second-half performance was very encouraging as England took complete control of the game. They were, of course, on top during the first half too, but they never looked dangerous then, whereas after the break they looked capable of scoring every time that they ventured forward. It was a cliched game of two halves for the hosts tonight, but Hodgson will be content overall.
San Marino's performance
It was the same old story for San Marino. Trips to Wembley must be the highlight of many of the players' careers, but if they are to make any progress whatsoever in football then they need to show a little more ambition. They put 11 men behind the ball for most of tonight's match and, when they did get it back, simply hoofed it upfield and lost possession once again.
Of course, it is tough for a side that will never compete with the likes of England. Keeping the score down is their number one priority and, in fairness, they did that quite well tonight. They faced 34 shots and only let five goals in so, relatively speaking, it was a fairly successful night for Pierangelo Manzaroli's side.
They can't play the same way against the lesser sides in the group if they are to pick up a first European Championship qualifying point, though. They offered absolutely no attacking threat and, while they are understandably wary of committing men forward and losing heavily to England, there is no point participating in these matches if they have no ambition to win.
Sports Mole's man of the match
Jack Wilshere: Jack Wilshere was the brightest spark in a disappointing first-half performance from England, but it was in the second half that he really began to shine. He was moved to the base of the diamond and really began pulling the strings from his new position.
He floated a number of excellent passes over the defence to create chance after chance for the hosts and, had those in front of him been a little more ruthless in the final third, he would have had a few assists to his name tonight. He will come up against much tougher opposition, but you can only play the team in front of you, and Wilshere was very influential tonight.
Biggest gaffe
San Marino goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini actually had a good game this evening, despite conceding five goals and making a mistake for the opener that wins gaffe of the game. He came out to claim a corner in the 24th minute, but only succeeded in tripping over his own player, allowing Jagielka a simple header into an empty net.
Referee performance
Marcin Borski had a relatively quiet and uneventful night tonight, although he and his linesman did get one big decision wrong. Lallana flicked an Oxlade-Chamberlain shot into the bottom corner but, following a discussion between the officials, the goal was ruled out for offside. The replays showed that Lallana was in fact onside, robbing the Liverpool man of his first international goal.
What next?
England: Next up for England is a trip to Tallinn to face Estonia on Sunday.
San Marino: San Marino, meanwhile, have a rest until Tuesday, when they host Switzerland.
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