Jermaine Defoe will be in all the newspaper headlines on Saturday morning, but the England coach Fabio Capello felt Wayne Rooney was the most influential player during Friday's win over Bulgaria.

The Manchester United played a supporting role, and was key in creating all three of Defoe's goals.

"I played Rooney in a position different than usual. He did very well," said Capello. "He had to stay just in front of the two central midfielders and from this position to go forward and to be free. The quality of Rooney was really high.

"Defoe is always very important for us. He can shoot with his left foot and his right and his performance was really, really good and his movement without the ball was fantastic."

The win put England top of their qualifying group after the opening game, ahead of Montenegro - who beat Wales 1-0 - on goal difference.