Daniel Sturridge's late header gave England a 1-0 win over Denmark after Kasper Schmeichel looked to have denied them victory at Wembley.
The Liverpool striker headed home Adam Lallana's inviting cross eight minutes from time to ensure England secured victory in their final game before Roy Hodgson names his provisional 30-man squad for the Fifa World Cup in Brazil.
Defeat was harsh on Leicester City goalkeeper Schmeichel, who produced a string of outstanding saves to keep the hosts out until Sturridge, who has 18 Premier League goals to his name this season, popped up with the winner.
Losses against Chile and Germany had put Hodgson at risk of becoming the only England boss to lose three consecutive home internationals, but the home side were not to be denied.
Denmark had their chances, but were ultimately unable to stretch their unbeaten run to six matches.
The lively Sturridge produced some lovely trickery before firing the ball across the face of the goal 32 minutes in as England continued to ask questions of the Denmark defence.
The visitors almost caught them out six minutes later, though, when Jakob Poulsen raced into the area and beat Joe Hart but Gary Cahill was on hand to clear.
Gerrard had a shot deflected narrowly wide after 59 minutes, but it was not quite happening for England.
And they were indebted to Hart when the keeper raced out to narrow the angle and thwart Morten Rasmussen just three minutes after the striker had come on.
Danny Welbeck then brought another fine reflex save out of Schmeichel, who got down well to keep out a right-foot strike that looked bound for the net and the keeper denied the same player with a fine stop shortly after.
But Sturridge had the last laugh as he nodded home Lallana's fine left-footed cross to end England's five-month wait for a goal.
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