Allardyce's England get their lucky break

Not everyone is convinced Sam Allardyce is the right man to lead England but on Sunday's evidence he has fortune on his side, a quality his predecessors have often lacked over the years. England produced the sort of performance in their opening 2018 World Cup qualifier against Slovakia that cost Allardyce's predecessor, Roy Hodgson, his job on the back of a Euro 2016 campaign that ended in an embarrassing shock defeat by Iceland. For all their possession, particularly against 10 men when home ca