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England returned to winning ways after three successive defeats as Marcus Rashford's second-half volley gave them victory over Switzerland in a scrappy and subdued friendly at Leicester's King Power Stadium.Manager Gareth Southgate made nine changes from the side that lost 2-1 to Spain in the Uefa Nations League game at Wembley on Saturday - and for long periods it showed.Switzerland were the better side in the first half and Liverpool's Xherdan Shaqiri should have given them the lead early on, only to strike the post after England goalkeeper Jack Butland's poor clearance played James Tarkowski into trouble. England, as they had to do, improved after the break and the decisive goal came in th...

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino praised his side's "massive" win as they beat Watford to move closer to securing qualification for next season's Champions League.Goals from Dele Alli and Harry Kane gave fourth-placed Spurs a scrappy victory at Wembley Stadium that took them five points clear of Chelsea with only three matches to play."It was a game we had to win and we won, so I'm happy about that," said Pochettino. "Maybe the performance was not great, but the most important thing is to get the three points."This is massive. It puts us in a very good position fighting for the top four and that is the objective for the rest of the season."Spurs capitalised on an error from Hornets goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis as Christian Eriksen set up Alli and the England midfielder scored from 12 y...

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Rashford gives England win over Swiss in scrappy friendly

Alli and Kane help Spurs claim scrappy win over Watford