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Steven Gerrard believes that England now have a tough road to qualify for Euro 2012.

England were back in action last night at Wembley as they faced Montenegro. But it was not the result that the team or the fans wanted as it ended in a goalless draw.

Gerrard was not on captain duty last night, the arm band given back to Rio Ferdinand, but it was a fairly uninspired performance from England as they created very few chances.

Montenegro now top the group, but England do have a game in hand, and Gerrard believes that they are going to have a tough job if they want that automatic qualifying spot.

Speaking to The Sun the Liverpool man said: "This group's going to be a long race. We started the campaign really well. Unfortunately, we never got that 1-0 win that we were looking for against Montenegro.

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"But we keep going next year and hopefully we win more matches and get back to the top."

But Gerrard insisted that England never underestimated Montenegro and they knew that the side would be good defensively.

"You only have to look at their three previous results, three 1-0 wins, so they're very good defensively. And they try to push on the counter-attack to get the breakthrough. At the end we nearly lost it when the guy hit the bar."

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