Lampard: It wasn't a penalty

Frank Lampard opened the scoring for England on Saturday

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England midfielder Frank Lampard has admitted that Wayne Rooney wasn't fouled in the build-up to the opening goal against Slovenia on Saturday evening.

Chelsea midfielder Lampard put the home side ahead from the penalty spot after Rooney was adjudged to have been pulled to the ground by a defender on the edge of the six-yard box.

However, Lampard said: "I think maybe it wasn't a penalty."

Rooney has been criticised in some quarters for what was perceived as a dive in order to win the spot-kick.

But Lampard was quick to jump to his team-mate's defence: "It was clearly not a dive, but it probably wasn't a penalty."

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