England's fate still in our hands, says Roy Hodgson

England manager Roy Hodgson said his side's hopes of reaching the World Cup were "still in our hands" despite the setback of their 1-1 draw with Montenegro.

England were on course to go top in group H after Wayne Rooney gave them an early lead in Podgorica, but the visitors wilted in the second half and Montenegro stormed back to equalise with 14 minutes to play.

It leaves Hodgson's side two points off the pace in the group, and they could be five points behind Montenegro when they resume their qualifying campaign in September if Branko Brnovic's side beat Ukraine in June.

With only the team finishing in first place guaranteed to qualify for the World Cup, England face a fight to overhaul the Montenegrins, but Hodgson believes the fixture list will play in his side's favour.

England play three of their final four games at Wembley, with a trip to Ukraine on September 10 - the only time they will have to leave their base before the end of the qualifying campaign.

"We've got to play Montenegro at home, so it's in our hands," Hodgson said. "We drew [1-1] at home to Ukraine [last September], which we didn't want. But we've got three of our last four games at home.