England manager Roy Hodgson said he was satisfied with Wayne Rooney despite the Manchester United striker producing a subdued showing in his country's 3-0 friendly win over Peru.

Goals from Daniel Sturridge, Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka enabled England to sign off with victory in its final pre-World Cup game on home soil on Friday, but Rooney played a peripheral role.

The 28-year-old, who missed United's last three games of the season with a groin injury, threatened only once, with a first-half header, before being replaced by Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling in the 66th minute.

However, Hodgson said he was encouraged by the former Everton striker's display after a month of inactivity.

"I was happy with Wayne's performance," Hodgson said. "We think we know where he is. We think we know how his fitness is being maintained or progressing. We obviously took him off tonight (Friday). Him and (Steven) Gerrard are important members of our squad.

"We're not blessed with loads of senior players and at 3-0 it seemed to be a great opportunity to give younger ones a go.

"I don't have any fears in that respect (about Rooney's fitness). His attitude and commitment are first-class, even in a game of this nature. And he's got two more weeks to keep that going."

Hodgson saw all of his players come through Friday's game unscathed and described it as "the perfect end to a perfect two weeks".

Having completed a warm-weather training camp in Portugal last week, England will fly to Miami on Sunday to face Ecuador and Honduras in two further warm-up games.

Hodgson explained the decision to withdraw Leighton Baines late in the game against Peru was "pure caution" after the Everton leftback felt discomfort in his calf.

He also revealed that Phil Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are in line to start Tuesday's game against Ecuador in Miami after proving their fitness in training this week.

United defender Jones damaged his shoulder towards the end of the season, while Arsenal midfielder Oxlade-Chamberlain has been working to overcome a groin problem.

"They're going to play on Tuesday," said Hodgson, who handed Everton defender John Stones his international debut against Peru.

"They could have both played tonight, but I determined that they would start the game on Tuesday, and we had number of substitutes on the bench."

(China Daily 06/01/2014 page11)