England v Germany: Adam Lallana is in my World Cup finals plans, says manager Roy Hodgson If I am optimistic we do have the quality, it is there, we have players to come back too, but we were just lacking the quality in those key areas. After having a series of injections last week in his back, Steven Gerrard had to be substituted early in the second half and Hodgson admitted that his captain was below par. Ashley Cole also had to be withdrawn earlier than hoped due to the rib injury he first suffered against Norwich City. Gerrard will be assessed today by Liverpool ahead of Saturday's Merseyside derby against Everton but is expected to be available. "Gerrard wasn't at his best after recovering so recently, Jack [Wilshere] is still finding his best form," said Hodgson. Steven missed all of last week's training and was stiffening up a bit. Ashley Cole felt his rib at half-time and couldn't continue. Danny Mills, who is on the FA's new commission looking into English football, is advocating the recall of John Terry after another wobbly performance in central defence. Hodgson pointed to a qualifying campaign that saw England concede only four goals in 10 games. "If you look at what we've done in the qualifiers, Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka have played in the qualifiers and Chris Smalling did well," he said. We knew corners would be a major problem for us given the big guys in their team, and we weren't at our tallest. Sometimes you learn more from defeats. There will be lots of things that right now I am not happy about but they won't seem as black when I watch it back. We learnt a lot both positively and negatively. Hart received the unequivocal support of his England team-mates.Jagielka said: "I've backed Joe all the time, all the players have backed Joe all the time. He's been in for some criticism, some of it a little bit harsh. But Joe's a big boy and that's the only way he can prove his critics wrong by making some fantastic saves. He won't be getting that many pats on the back from the lads because we expect him to do it. Jagielka's defensive partner Chris Smalling added: "I think he did very well tonight. He produced a couple of really good saves and bailed me out at one of the corners as well. I think he was terrific tonight.