NUREMBERG, Germany -- Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard spared England's blushes with two late goals in a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday to ensure qualification for the second round.
England's Peter Crouch reacts after heading in a cross by David Beckham in the 83rd minute of Thursday's World Cup Group B first-round match against Trinidad and Tobago in Nuremberg.
Plucky Trinidad, the smallest country ever to take part in the World Cup finals, kept England at bay until the 83rd minute of the Group B match when Crouch powered in a header at the far post from a cross by man-of-the-match David Beckham.