How important was the Tunisia result?
The performance wasn't really that important, the result was. But gelling the two together will give everyone confidence, if we needed it. It was a good week leading up to the Romania game, because it would have been a long seven days if we hadn't got the right result. We have been able to take it easy for a couple of days and then build up for the game, which is vitally important.

How did it feel to score in the World Cup?
To score my first goal in the World Cup was fantastic, couldn't you tell from the way that I celebrated? It just takes a bit of pressure off me now. There are high expectations of me, everybody is saying that I will score the goals to shoot England to World Cup victory. But it is nice to get off the mark. I've got one in one, so it will at least keep people quiet for a few days, or a game.

How good was Paul Scholes?
He was absolutely fantastic. He deserved his chance, if you could call it a chance. That was probably the most difficult of the three he had all afternoon. The first two he had in the first half would have probably gone in for him on another day. He's a tremendous player, nothing fazes him. He doesn't get nervous or uptight about anything and he scored a tremendous goal. If anyone deserves it, it's him. If he needed to prove anything, then he did it against Tunisia. People are going to look to him to take over Paul Gascoigne's role and he did that against Tunisia and came out with flying colours.

Did you enjoy the Tunisia game?
I don't know whether I managed to enjoy the game as such. It's difficult, really. Before the game you just want to go out and play because a lot of rubbish goes on beforehand. But once the whistle goes you're into it. You don't ever really enjoy it but, believe me, I enjoyed the goal. But I enjoyed the final whistle a lot more.

How do you see the first round progressing?
It's set the group up nicely. It was important for us to get off to a good start and we've done that. It puts us in a good position and we are all excited. But as I said to the players before the Tunisia game, if it's a bad result we must be patient and ignore anything that is negative that is said about us. But it's been a good start. In spite of that we cannot get carried away, there is plenty of work to do.

What do you think of the refereeing?
I think the referee did well in the opening game. I expected protection and 99% of the time he gave me the free-kicks. I know I'm going to get man-marked in this tournament because of who I am and it's up to me to combat that.