England have hammered San Marino 8-0 in their World Cup qualifying encounter in Serravalle.

Jermain Defoe scored twice at the Stadio Olimpico as Roy Hodgson's side ran riot against their lowly-ranked opponents.

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Alessandro Della Valle scored an own goal to get the visitors on their way in the ninth minute before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made it 2-0 following a neat exchange of passes with Wayne Rooney.

Jermain Defoe then tapped in with 10 minutes to play in the first half as the visitors looked supremely comfortable against their hosts.

It was 4-0 soon after thanks to Ashley Young's rasping drive from 25 yards and Frank Lampard added another before the break to all but seal the three points for the away side.

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It took England eight minutes after the restart to score a sixth as Rooney clipped his free kick over the wall and into the net.

Substitute Daniel Sturridge headed in from a corner on 69 minutes and the rout was complete with 15 minutes to go through Defoe's calm finish.

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Jack Prescott