Why England missed out on automatic World Cup spot

England did almost everything right in their qualifying group, winning five of their six matches, including the victory over Spain at Wembley in April. They also scored 13 goals, conceded just five - four of which came against Spain - and kept four clean sheets. But it is not easy to qualify automatically and England were given a rough draw with world champions Spain in their group. The quest for top spot was always likely to come down to their head-to-head record. …