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Wilshere studying Pirlo and Mascherano

Jack Wilshere is studying videos of Andrea Pirlo and Javier Mascherano in a bid to master his new holding midfield role with England.

The midfielder occupied a deeper position against Switzerland than he is normally accustomed to under Roy Hodgson with Danny Welbeck's second-half double earning England a 2-0 victory in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier.

Jack Wilshere played in a deep-lying midfield role against Switzerland © Getty Images

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"I spoke with the manager and [assistant coach] Gary Neville in the week and they told me they wanted me to play that role and I quite enjoyed it," Wilshere told the FA's website.

"It was my first time ever playing there, so over the next month or so I am going to look at a few videos of this game and of players who play in that position regularly - Pirlo, Mascherano and players like that and I'll get better.

"I felt it went well tonight but next time we meet up I feel it can only go better."

Ahead of Monday night's victory, Switzerland had been unbeaten at home since September 2010 - when Fabio Capello's England ran out 3-1 winners - and Wilshere said it should have come as no surprise despite England's dismal World Cup campaign.

"It was a great result. I said in the week we expected to come here and get a result," Wilshere added.

"We didn't surprise ourselves. I know a few people have been saying a few things but we believed in ourselves and we showed that tonight.

"We knew the longer the second-half went on at 0-0, they weren't going to be happy, the fans weren't going to be happy and we used that.

"We won the ball back in a dangerous position and we used our pace. We got the goal and we knew again they were going to come out. We had to stay together, defend well and we did that so we are happy."

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