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Jermain Defoe hails England team-mate Frank Lampard a "special player"

Image: Jermain Defoe: Hails England team-mate Frank Lampard

Jermain Defoe labelled England team-mate Frank Lampard a "special player" after he became the highest scoring midfielder during Friday's thrashing of San Marino.

Defoe believes England are capable of repeating the level of performance shown against San Marino. He said: "We passed the ball well and created a lot of chances. They gave us an own goal early on and then we created and took the chances. "We were delighted with the performance. At some stage you are going to get the goals. It is important to try and get a good performance and we managed to do that. "Even if you take away the goals, the way we moved the ball was good, the movement was good, and everyone is happy. "It is good for confidence because sometimes you might play a game like this and it might be a horrible game where you don't play well but still win. "It is important to have had a good result and a good performance and all the things we worked on in training, we did well and the manager is happy."

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