Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson believes that it was a bonus for England to get a point against Ukraine on Tuesday night.
Having gone a goal down, a Frank Lampard penalty drew the hosts level late on in the game before Steven Gerrard was sent off for a second bookable offence in what was a lacklustre display.
Despite the sloppy performance, Lawrenson thinks that the fact the Three Lions got a draw might just highlight their good fortune ahead.
"For England to get a point is a real bonus," said Lawrenson.
"When you don't play very well and pinch a draw, you begin to think it could just turn out to be a very good result. They had some outstanding players missing but I am not sure even with Terry, Rooney, Walcott and whoever else would have made any difference.
"We saw from the way Ukraine celebrated that they think this is a big result but they could have had so much more."
England remain unbeaten in their current World Cup qualifying campaign.
Matt Cotton
