The midfielder is set to return to a more advanced role and revive his ‘fantastic understanding’ with Wayne Rooney Steven Gerrard believes a return to old ways will bring impetus to England’s World Cup campaign in their match with Algeria tomorrow night. The Liverpool midfielder, who scored the opener in the 1-1 draw with the USA, expects to revert to the more advanced role he had in qualifiers that saw Wayne Rooney score nine times. There have been no further international goals for the striker since the 5-1 rout of Croatia at Wembley last September. The balance of the line-up will alter now that Gareth Barry is free of his ankle injury. With the holding midfielder in place, Gerrard should be liberated as he roves from an attacking post towards the left. “I think that’s the plan,” he agreed, as he anticipated linking with Rooney. “We’ve had a fantastic understanding in qualification. “I like playing with good players and I enjoy playing with Wayne. Hopefully I can provide a goal for him to get off the mark. I’ve said all the way through qualifying that, if we got to the World Cup, we’d need Wayne to be our top goalscorer and to score the goals to take us to the later stages because he’s our main player.” Gerrard, after a trying season with Liverpool, exudes a confidence now that he has been released into a World Cup campaign. Few anticipated that Rooney might be the person in need of a fillip, yet his one goal in an England shirt
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World Cup 2010: Steven Gerrard hopes old habits bring England progress | Kevin McCarra
