England's nil all draw with Algeria this morning has left one of the World Cup favourites on the brink of elimination with one game to go in the first round against Slovenia
A dejected looking England captain Steven Gerrard said there were no excuses and his side needed to improve.
Gerrard told BBC sports that his players know the only thing to do is to win on Thursday.
Coach Fabio Capello believes his boys were not aggressive enough, against a very physical Algeria outfit.
In other results, Serbia caused the third upset of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer last night when they brought a 10 man Germany crashing back down to earth with a narrow 1- nil win in Port Elizabeth that blows qualifications from Group D wide open.
The loss means Germany, Serbia and Ghana all stand on three points ahead of the Africans' second group match against the Aussies on Sunday.
Also USA and Solvenia played to a 2-2 all draw.
In other results, Michael Bradley struck a dramatic late equalizer as the United States came from two goals down to draw with Slovenia in a pulsating Group C encounter in Johannesburg.
Games coming up tonight at 11.30pm, Netherlands will take on Japan, at 2am tomorrow Australia will face Ghana and at 6.30pm Denmark up against Cameroon.
England on the brink of elimination
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