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Watch: Lallana saves Allardyce's blushes with 95th-minute winner

Reuters

The record will show that Sam Allardyce earned all three points in his debut as England manager, though the big bench-boss might wish to forget exactly how that came to pass.

A plodding England side escaped Slovakia with a 1-0 win in Sunday's World Cup qualifier thanks only to a 95th-minute tally from Adam Lallana, with the Liverpool man firing home a low strike that squirmed between the wickets of goalkeeper Matus Kozacik.

Not a bad time to score your first international goal.

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