Estonia 0-1 England
Wayne Rooney edged one step closer to Bobby Charlton's scoring record by saving England's blushes in the Baltic.
Rooney is now just six shy of becoming England's greatest ever goal scorer thanks to a 74th-minute free-kick, which Sergei Pareiko fumbled into his own net to hand the Three Lions a 1-0 win over 10-man Estonia.
For much of the match England looked like coming away from the A. Le Coq Arena with absolutely nothing.
Roy Hodgson's team dominated the game from start to finish, but they wasted chance after chance.
They were even given a huge helping hand by Estonia captain Ragnar Klavan, who was sent off three minutes into the second half for a second booking.
Danny Welbeck and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were guilty of missing chances, but the biggest culprit was Rooney, who spurned three good opportunities.
Estonia, ranked 81st in the world, might have held on for a famous draw had the England captain not made up for his mistakes by clipping a majestic dipping free-kick over the wall and into the net off the post.
Hodgson, who started with Raheem Sterling on the bench, spoke of the attacking potency of his squad before the match, but he will be concerned about the profligacy his players exhibited here on Sunday night.
Still, the England manager will also be mindful that his team have now recorded three wins from three in their Euro 2016 qualification campaign.
In the later game in Group E, Milivoje Novakovic's first-half double gave Slovenia a 2-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win in Lithuania.
The Shimizu S-Pulse striker notched twice in five minutes to decide a match in which his side were deserving winners.
Elsewhere, a late exchange of goals saw Russia and Moldova share the points from a 1-1 Group G draw in Moscow.
Fabio Capello's side struggled to break plucky Moldova down for over an hour, until Artem Dzjuba was handed the chance to open the scoring from the penalty spot in the 72nd minute.
However, Alexandru Epureanu levelled with a header inside the next two minutes to earn Moldova a share of the spoils.
Later in Group G, Sweden picked up their first qualifying win, beating Liechtenstein 2-0 at the Friends Arena in Solna.
In a quiet first half, Erkan Zengin found the target for Sweden, who were missing leading scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic due to an Achilles problem.
Jimmy Durmaz doubled their advantage a minute after the break for a Sweden side desperate to register their first win of the campaign after draws against Austria and Russia.
Austria moved clear at the top of the Group G standings in Euro 2016 qualifying as they edged out Montenegro 1-0 at home.
Rubin Okotie's first-half strike was all that separated the teams on the night in Vienna, but it was enough to send Austria two points clear of Russia.
In Group C, Ukraine beat Montenegro 1-0 thanks to a goal from Dynamo Kiev's Serhiy Sydorchuk.
Also in Group C, Diego Costa ended his long international scoring drought with the third goal in an uninspiring 4-0 win for Spain away to minnows Luxembourg.
Brazil-born Costa had failed to find the net for his adopted country in six previous appearances but broke a duck lasting more than 500 minutes when he netted from close range in the 69th minute in a rain-lashed Luxembourg City.
David Silva opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a fine long-range strike and set up Paco Alcacer to make it 2-0 three minutes before halftime. Substitute Juan Bernat added the fourth two minute from the end.
Captain Marek Hamsik scored two goals as Slovakia registered their second win in four days with a 3-1 victory over Belarus at the Borisov Arena.
Jan Kozak's men claimed a shock 2-1 triumph over Spain on Thursday and maintained their 100% record to stay top of Group C, while their opponents remained winless with just one point.
After an uninspiring first half, Hamsik broke the deadlock 20 minutes after the break before Timofey Kalachev struck back for the home side, but Hamsik's second and a late third from Stanislav Sestak sealed the victory.
