Kamil Glik scored Poland's equalizer Reporter

The rearranged match was overshadowed by last Tuesday’s cancellation for bad weather Poland earned a valuable point against England in Warsaw last week courtesy of a goal from Torino defender Kamil Glik.

Poland had gone behind to a 31st-minute header from Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, who shrugged off the attentions of Łukasz Piszczek to glance the ball in from Steven Gerrard’s corner.

However, despite the setback, Poland did not cave in and arguably had the best of the game’s chances as they pushed hard for an equalizing goal.

Then, with time seemingly running out, an uncharacteristic error from England goalkeeper Joe Hart, who misjudged a corner from Ludovic Obraniak, enabled Glik to power in an 81st minute header and send the fans in the National Stadium wild.

After the match England manager Roy Hodgson praised the Polish players, who went some way to banishing the memory of their poor Euro 2012 showing.

“A point in Poland is not to be looked down on and it will not be easy for any of our rivals coming here,” he said.

But the action on the field was overshadowed by the debacle surrounding the cancellation of the original fixture, which was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

The Polish Football Association (PZPN) made the decision not to close the stadium’s roof at the start of the week, but following a day of heavy rain the pitch became completely unplayable, leaving Italian referee Gianluca Rocci no option but to postpone the match. The decision was then made to play the following day at 5 pm, meaning thousands of England supporters were unable to attend due to previously arranged return flights home.