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• Striker compared to Dutch legend after Sweden wonder goal
• Walcott enthused by England's attacking threat

When Chelsea eliminated Barcelona from the Champions League at Camp Nou in April, Roberto Di Matteo was quick to point out the finest piece of technique on show all night had been the goal scored by a Chelsea player, Ramires. Similarly, those sceptical about England's capacity for refinement after a rather ragged 3-2 defeat of Sweden in Kiev might perhaps console themselves with the fact all three England goals had evidence of expert technique in their execution.

Understandably, Theo Walcott was keen to dwell afterwards on these finer points of England's attacking display, even going so far as to compare Danny Welbeck to his former team-mate Dennis Bergkamp. "We had a great defensive game against France and people might say not tonight, but I didn't think it was too bad," Walcott said after a performance that brought his first goal for England since 2008. "But the attacking play was great and hopefully the two can come together and we can have a perfect performance."

Certainly there was cause for hope in the moments of quality England produced in the 55 minutes either side of half-time that produced three goals. Of his own equaliser Walcott said: "I thought it took a deflection to be honest, but I watched it back and it didn't. I didn't know I had the Ronaldo in me, to be honest! In the warm-up I was practising and I put three in the top corner against Buts [Jack Butland] so it just shows if you have confidence from a distance ... and I've always been confident."

There was also evidence of the fine spirit in the squad in Walcott's selfless response to scoring. "I didn't want to go off celebrating and wasting time when we needed to win. At times that sort of thing stops the flow of the game when you just want to get back and go straight back at them. It shocked them and then we knew we had them."

Whatever England's destiny in this group, or even the future prospects of this group of players, there appears to be a pleasant sense of camaraderie among the younger members of the party, and Walcott was happier dwelling on Welbeck's fine winning goal. "He made it look so easy it was a great finish," Walcott said. "He reminds me of Dennis Bergkamp at times – at such a young age, he's only 21, he's getting more caps, and his goal today, the whole thing was fantastic. But the main thing is we got three points."

Walcott was similarly encouraging about the prospects of his Arsenal team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who appeared late in the game and might even have scored had his captain not intercepted Walcott's own cross. "You always want your team-mates to do well and Alex has got four caps now, he's clocking them up at such a young age and he's getting great experience for Arsenal," Walcott said. "He shown tonight, well Stevie [Gerrard] just took it off him, but it shows he's in the right position, he wants to be there."

Despite leaving the pitch with a slight limp –"I took a whack but I'll be OK" – Walcott will be hopeful of playing from the start in Donetsk against Ukraine on Tuesday night having provided a hitherto unseen ability to penetrate behind the full-backs. With England requiring a draw against the hosts, a chance to make a further impact from the bench is more likely. Read More

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