Their aerial threat adds another danger and one from which they should have taken the lead in the early minutes of the game.

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Spurs were still celebrating taking the lead when Defoe was sent off for making contact with Collins in an aerial tussle.

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England always had the edge in the aerial battles, however, and so it proved again as they doubled their lead after 35 minutes to produce a scoreline that was flattering in the extreme.

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