Two late own goals give England win over Japan

England needed two late own goals from Japan defenders Marcus Tanaka and Yuji Nakazawa to gain a 2-1 victory in their final World Cup warm-up match in Graz. Tanaka had stunned England by giving Japan a seventh-minute lead and Fabio Capello's side looked uncertain at the back. But Tanaka levelled matters when deflecting in a cross from Joe Cole and then Nakazawa suffered the same fate from a centre by Ashley Cole. Frank Lampard missed a 55th-minute penalty but hopes to retain spot-kick duties in South Africa. "It's down to the manager," the Chelsea player said. "I'll always want to take it. It wasn't a great penalty. It's disappointing because I've practised loads this week. "I'm always confident in taking them and that will make me go away and work harder. If the manager wants me to take it I'll always step up." The miss did not prove costly, with own goals by Marcus Tanaka and Yuji Nakazawa overturning Tanaka's opener. Overall, Lampard was pleased with the final work-out before heading out to South Africa. "It was not an easy game," he said. "It was not a vintage performance by far but it's about players and the team trying to find their way a bit." Reflecting on this result and Monday's 3-1 win over Mexico at Wembley, he added: "We've played two and won two. We have to take positives from that. "It's down to the players. We've stepped up our game. In the first half we were slightly sluggish, and in the second half we got more of the ball and got the ball into their box more quickly."