It left the midfielder acknowledging that Roy Hodgson's side may have to win all four of their remaining matches to ensure they top the table and book a place in the 2014 finals in Brazil. England deservedly led at half-time through Wayne Rooney but Montenegro deserved their equaliser from substitute Dejan Damjanovic 14 minutes from time.He said: "I think there was a lot of experience out there and I think during the first half we showed that. We controlled the game. The problem is at 1-0 you're always vulnerable. You've got to go on and get the second goal to get complete control and we never did that.It keeps them two points ahead of second-placed England who have had to settle for draws against all of their main challengers in Poland, Ukraine and Montenegro. Gerrard said: "We're still confident we can finish top of the group.Gerrard provided the cross for Rooney's headed goal and he became the first England player to score in four qualifiers on the trot since David Beckham in 2003.The Liverpool midfielder went on: "We need to win all our games, we certainly need to improve on that second-half performance, and play like we did first half. We certainly need to get three points when we go to Ukraine and we need perfect results at home (against Moldova, Montenegro and Poland).
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