There is an excitement about England again, says Wayne Rooney

• England captain says ‘aggressive’ approach is paying dividends

• Harry Kane likely to start in attack against Italy on Tuesday

• Roy Hodgson challenges fringe players to step up in Turin

• England 4-0 Lithuania: Match report

Wayne Rooney has put England’s improvement down to a newly adopted “aggressive” streak which has yielded seven successive victories as the team seek to recover from finishing bottom of their World Cup group in Brazil.

Friday’s trouncing of Lithuania maintained a pristine start to the Euro 2016 qualification campaign, in which Roy Hodgson’s side sit six points clear at the top of the section, and the squad will travel to Italy for Tuesday’s friendly in Turin aiming to prolong the upturn. The manager and his coaching staff had stressed the need to return to basic principles in the wake of the squad’s toils at Brazil 2014, an approach which manifests itself in greater urgency and more pressing to regain possession.

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