Denmark defeats 10man England
LONDON: Christian Eriksen marked his 100th Denmark appearance by scoring the penalty that clinched a 10 victory over England in the Uefa Nations League yesterday yesterday.
Eriksen’s penalty came after the home side had been reduced to 10 men.
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eriksen powered his spot kick past Jordan Pickford in the 35th minute, a couple of minutes after England centre back Harry Maguire had received a red card for a second booking.
Defeat for Gareth Southgate’s England, which beat topranked Belgium at Wembley on Monday, ended a ninematch streak of home wins spanning two years.
Goals from Bernardo Silva and a brace from Diogo Jota gave Portugal a comfortable 30 win over Sweden as the home team made light of the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo due to a positive Covid19 test.
Silva opened the scoring in the 21st minute as Portugal won the ball back in the middle of the field and quickly countered, Jota firing a precise pass to Silva in the penalty area for a perfect firsttime finish.
Jota made it on to the scoresheet just before halftime, lashing home Joao Cancelo’s cross from deep on the right to make it 20.
He added a superb third with a solo run and thumping shot in the 71st minute.
With 10 points from four games, Portugal tops group 2 in league A on goal difference ahead of France, which beat Croatia 21 in Zagreb.
Italy drew 11 at home to the Netherlands which allowed Poland to leapfrog it to go the top in group A.
Lorenzo Pellegrini fired in Italy’s opener in the 16th and Donny van de Beek levelled nine minutes later in a brisk encounter at Bergamo’s Gewiss Stadium.
Poland beat visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 and now sits on seven points, with the Azzurri on six and the Dutch on five.
Standin captain Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium returned to winning ways with a 21 away triumph over Iceland.
Lukaku opened the scoring inside 10 minutes and added a penalty after Birkir Saevarsson had levelled for Iceland to give Belgium the three points.
Fredrik Jensen has become the scourge of the Republic of Ireland once again after firing the only goal in Finland’s victory in Helsinki.
The Augsburg striker also scored the only goal in a 10 win in Dublin last month and repeated the dose with a 66thminute strike following an error by keeper Darren Randolph.
Rejuvenated Scotland fought and scraped its way to an eighth game unbeaten with a 10 win over the Czech Republic at Hampden Park. Attacker Ryan Fraser drove the home side into the lead in the sixth minute.
Wales beat Bulgaria 10 in Sofia while Lithuania and Albania drew 00.
Northern Ireland’s frustrations continued as a Stuart Dallas own goal condemned it to a 10 defeat to Norway in Oslo.