Heskey happy to be playing with Wayne

June 9, 2009

England strolled through their World Cup qualifier on Saturday with only a few scares along the way and the game saw Heskey and Rooney partnered up front, with Heskey scoring his first England goal for seven years.

Heskey speaking after the game spoke of how he enjoyed playing alongside Rooney. “Wayne’s a great player, he’s shown it for his club and for England.”

Welcoming the end of his international goal drought, Heskey added: “It’s nice to get on the score sheet but I’ll keep plugging away and hopefully get some more.”

“It’s going to be a difficult game after coming back from Kazakhstan, we’re very focused and hopefully we’ll get the result,” he added. “It’s difficult with the time difference, I’ve felt tired all the time, but hopefully it’ll be okay.”

Heskey’s sentiments were echoed by defender Matthew Upson, who dismissed the idea that England may be complacent against Andorra.

“We will dominate a lot of the play but sometimes those sort of games as a defender are the hardest,” said Upson who is set to partner captain John Terry at Wembley with Rio Ferdinand injured.

“You can’t get into any rhythm, you have long spells of the game without too much to deal with and then all of a sudden something happens so you have to try and stay focused. It’s a different kind of test.”

He added: “We just have to focus on winning. Everyone is training hard and competing to get in the team for Wednesday. Everyone’s hungry so I can’t see us being complacent.”

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