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ISRAEL 0 ENGLAND 0 - ENGLAND HOPES TAKE ANOTHER HIT
England's hopes of qualifying for the 2008 European Championships suffered another setback when they were held to a disappointing goalless draw by Israel in Tel Aviv.
A section of the 4,000 England fans started chanting 'What a load of rubbish' and then 'You don't know what you're doing' during the closing stages of a match of few clear-cut chances.
Jamie Carragher hit the top of the crossbar and substitute Jermain Defoe had a close-range shot blocked but that's as good as it got in another below-par display by Steve McClaren's side.
The results from elsewhere did nothing to help their cause either.
Russia won 2-0 in Estonia, while Croatia came from behind to net a last-minute winner at home to Macedonia.
England now trail the Croatians by five points and the Russians by three, all three sides having played five matches so far.
After the game McClaren criticised his side for lacking ruthlessness.
"Disappointed, frustrated," was his reaction to the draw.
"To dominate the game and have the chances we did and not score was disappointing and not good enough.
"They packed the defence and it was always going to be hard. We have to be ruthless in front of goal and we weren't ruthless enough.
"Either it didn't fall for us or it was poor quality or poor decision-making.
"We should have won the game. It is two points dropped."
England have now failed to score in four competitive matches and McClaren admitted that was becoming an issue.
"It is a concern, it is a worry. I would be more concerned if we weren't creating chances but at this level you have to score goals," he told Sky Sports.
"We have got players who can score goals.
"We need to regroup and make sure we collect three points on Wednesday (against Andorra) but there are still plenty of games to go."
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