Wayne Rooney has admitted that he fell asleep during Friday's World Cup draw in Cape Town and did not learn England's fate until five hours later.

The televised draw was watched by an estimated 200 million worldwide, and had David Beckham as one of its star atractions, but the England striker Rooney found it a soporific experience.

"I was actually asleep until 10 o'clock," said Rooney, who was with his Manchester United team-mates in a London hotel ahead of Saturday's game at West Ham.

"We got to the hotel about 5pm and I lay down on my bed to watch TV. I fell asleep and didn't find out what the draw was until five hours later."

Nevertheless, the forward was pleased with the outcome as England were drawn in Group C alongside the USA, Slovenia and Algeria.

"It was a good draw. The USA are a good team. I saw them beat Spain in the Confederations Cup on telly and that'll be the difficult game for us.

"But we should win the other two. We need to respect those teams but it could have been worse."