England woefully underperformed to slip to their first home defeat under coach Steve McClaren in an international friendly against Spain.

Ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Andorra in March, the pundits are saying that this game provided further compelling evidence as to the incompatibility of Steven Gerrard and Lampard to play together in midfield.

Deployed to the left of Gerrard, who was given a central midfield position, Lampard looked a shadow of the player he is for list club team.

Gerrard was rested for the second half, with Gareth Barry replacing the Liverpool midfielder, but the switch did little to provide England with any better balance.

At least Gerrard had the consolation of playing the pass of the first half, picking out Peter Crouch with a ball played with the outside of his right foot just before the interval.