the Man Utd players were ineffective. Rooney was all over the place, no first touch. hasn't played for a month due to injury but still. last night Sturridge showed he can do something out of nothing so if we need a something out of nothing forward we can play him over Rooney. Sterling when he came on looked great down the left hand side I was closest too. I'm not sure I'd play Rooney over Sterling, or even Barkley. Welbeck typical performance. not at the level he even wants to be yet at so shouldn't be in the starting XI.
Against better strikers our defence would have conceded one or two last night. Cahill looks commanding and great on the ball but Peru picked us open down the middle a couple of times. Defence difficult to judge though because it wasn't really tested. Peru were a young, inexperienced team playing like Villa would if we weren't allowed to use the long ball.
In midfield, I thought Henderson looked confident and strong next to Gerrard. Two powerful holding players. I can imagine them starting vs Brazil in front of that back four. Tried some thrusting attacking passes that didn't come off. Lallana had some memorable touches and we only need a couple of better forwards, or more on form ones than Rooney and Welbeck, to be able to construct those lovely tippy-tappy passing moves through the defence.
I'd try Lambert with Sturridge and Lallana, or maybe even play Sturridge with Barkley.