Uncapped duo Adam Johnson and Michael Dawson both feature along with Dawson's Tottenham team-mate Tom Huddlestone.
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Substitute Adam Johnson won the game for City shortly after his introduction with a superb low drive.
And Adam Johnson added City's third late on when he weaved past three players before slotting in.
England coach Stuart Pearce made 10 changes with only Adam Johnson remaining from the Spain victory last week.
Adam Johnson's "The Orphan Master's Son, " about a man's travails in North Korea, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
City went behind to a Vincenzo Iaquinta goal before Adam Johnson equalised as the Group A game finished level.
The Argentine quickly added his second goal when he got the last touch on Onuoha's header from Adam Johnson's deep corner.
The Pulitzer Prize for fiction has been won by author Adam Johnson for his novel based in North Korea, The Orphan Master's Son.
The hosts should have levelled when Kari Arnason fouled Sean St Ledger in the box, but Adam Johnson drilled the resulting penalty wide.
Mancini added Adam Johnson into the mix after the break, bringing off James Milner, and the England player offered greater width on the right.
Both managers then made changes, with Ferguson sending on Nani for Darron Gibson and the Scot's counterpart Roberto Mancini replacing the subdued Adam Johnson with Patrick Vieira.
Adam Johnson was denied a penalty for the home side before Carlos Tevez and Jo had late efforts blocked by Rovers' Gael Givet and Christopher Samba.
Manager Paolo Di Canio led the celebrations as goals from Stephane Sessegnon, Adam Johnson and David Vaughan propelled Sunderland three points clear of the drop zone.
In the 35th minute he teased the visitors' defence with a jinking dribble before feeding Adam Johnson, whose curling shot just drifted wide of Sorensen's right post.
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As well as Capello, Tottenham defender Michael Dawson and Manchester City winger Adam Johnson were also in attendance, as well as Premier League chief executive Peter Scudamore.
Torres hit the crossbar soon after the break, but compatriot Juan Mata followed up to score, and Sunderland dropped into the relegation zone despite a consolation from Adam Johnson.
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Adam Johnson once again settled quickly to his task and gave Switzerland an anxious moment when he cut inside and struck a rising 25-yard drive just over the top.
George Boyd equalised shortly after the restart with a precise shot into the bottom corner but Kitson almost immediately headed Middlesbrough back in front after a brilliant cross from Adam Johnson.
And Adam Johnson ensured England made the most of their numerical advantage as he scored a superbly taken second after 69 minutes, taking Gerrard's precise pass around Benaglio before turning the ball in from an angle.
Carlos Tevez was his usual busy self and Adam Johnson showed sparks of the penetration that has propelled him to the forefront of the new England generation, but otherwise there was little in terms of imagination or guile.
Mancini left Mario Balotelli and Adam Johnson on the bench - but David Silva's wonderful elegance and creativity meant they were not missed in the first 45 minutes when eventual defeat must have been far from City's minds.
Fiction: "The Orphan Master's Son, " by Adam Johnson (Random House), an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart.
Adam Johnson, who excelled as a substitute for Theo Walcott after he was stretchered off with an ankle injury following Rooney's goal, added an expertly taken second after 69 minutes to confirm his growing maturity on the international stage.
That match saw a change from the rigid 4-4-2 system previously favoured by Capello, and saw Barry used with Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in a central midfield triumvirate, with youngsters Adam Johnson and Theo Walcott employed on the flanks.
All City had mustered was a tame Adam Johnson free-kick but Tevez, on his return to the side after compassionate leave in Argentina, equalised with a smash and grab effort on the stroke of half-time that epitomised all the Argentine's tenacious qualities.
And with Tottenham's Aaron Lennon still suffering from a groin problem, Capello may now turn to both Theo Walcott and Shaun Wright-Phillips to cover the right side of midfield, with James Milner, Joe Cole, Stewart Downing and Adam Johnson also in the reckoning.
The one- and two-year club includes Miguel Tejada, Nick Johnson, Adam LaRoche and Aubrey Huff, who would have grabbed better, longer deals any other year.
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