Capello lays down law

Jermaine Jenas put England ahead in the first half after good work from Joe Cole and Switzerland's Eren Derdiyok equalised before Shaun Wright-Phillips scored the winner with a tap-in, following excellent approach play from Steven Gerrard - but Owen was left on the bench as Capello made five second-half substitutions.

Asked why Owen was not involved, Capello said: "I think about substitutions according to what happens on the pitch and what I see. I decide who to bring on and who to take off. If people perform as I want they will stay on the pitch, if they don't they will come off. Players are all equal."

Capello was also unmoved by a section of Wembley fans who chanted for David Beckham, especially during a nervy period in the first half.

The Italian, who dropped Beckham from his first squad, said: "It doesn't influence me at all. I'm happy for the supporters to chant David Beckham's name. The things I do have nothing to do with personal feelings for players. Everything is borne out of reasoning."

Capello insisted victory was crucial for the spirit of the side but also put England's uncertain start down to the pressure of playing at the new Wembley and a hangover from failing to qualify for Euro 2008.

Capello said: "We were quite nervous at the start. Worried. We had at the back of our minds the failure to qualify for Euro 2008.

"Wembley always generates pressure on players but we created many goal chances but didn't take many because Switzerland have a good goalkeeper. But we didn't give them many goal chances."

Capello said he would study the video of the match to understand how England's defence was opened up for Switzerland's goal.

But he said: "That probably was the only defensive mistake we made in the whole game."