07/10/2011 20:00, Report by Adam Marshall
United's representatives in Euro 2012 action were certainly heavily involved as England clinched a place at the finals with a 2-2 draw in Montenegro.
Ashley Young opened the scoring but the headlines will be dominated by Wayne Rooney's second-half sending off. Phil Jones made his debut and looked like he'd been playing right-back for his country all his life. Inside two minutes he burst past a couple of defenders to force a nervous palm over from Mladen Bozovic.Rooney fed Theo Walcott to centre for Young to head in from close range and the United duo set up Darren Bent for the second, with Young crossing unselfishly from the left for a simple tap-in by his former Aston Villa team-mate.
Jones' enterprising play marked him out as a target for some rough treatment but he survived a penalty scare when tackling Stevan Jovetic inside the box. Young went off on the hour mark and appeared to put an ice-pack on his knee and, after Rooney just failed to connect with a deflected cross from Jones, there was more bad news when Rooney kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic. Referee Wolfgang Stark flashed a red card and the United No10 will be suspended for a minimum of one game during the finals next year.
International Reds
England (v Montenegro 2-2)Phil JonesWayne Rooney
Ashley Young
France (v Albania 3-0)Patrice Evra
Portugal (v Iceland 5-3)Nani
Brazil (v Costa Rica)Fabio
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