England were dismally poor in their second Group C game, which leaves them on two points with Slovenia to play on Wednesday. Slovenia have four points after their 2-2 draw with the USA, who have two. Algeria are on one.
Rooney was particularly ineffective as he stretched his barren scoring run for his country to 10 hours of football.
The dire performance prompted some sections of the travelling England support to boo their team as they left the pitch.
Rooney reacted and turned to say to the television cameras: "It's nice to see your own fans booing you."
Algeria, who had looked nervous in their opening 1-0 defeat by Slovenia, were good value for their draw and for long spells looked the sharper of the two teams.
England's final game against Slovenia is in Port Elizabeth while Algeria take on the USA in Pretoria, both on June 23.
If England win their last match they would go through, still possibly as group winners. A high-scoring draw could also be enough if the other game finished level.
Neither of those outcomes looked likely on Friday as from the first minute to the last, all over the pitch, they were awful.
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