Schmeichel super save as Danes stun England
CITY KEEPER IS WEMBLEY HERO
KASPER Schmeichel produced a superb point-blank save to frustrate England and help seal a surprise win for Denmark at Wembley.
The Leicester City goalkeeper showed incredible reactions to stop Mason Mount’s header from just a few yards out on his way to a clean sheet on Wednesday night.
Christian Eriksen scored the only goal of the game for Denmark, from the penalty spot, with former City centre-back Harry Maguire sent off for two bookable offences in the first half.
The result leaves England third in their Nations League group with two games to play.
Harvey Barnes was not included in the squad for the Three Lions, having made his debut in a friendly against Wales last week.
Elsewhere in League A Group 2, Youri Tielemans and Timothy Castagne helped Belgium beat Iceland 2-1 to return to the top of the group.
Tielemans played the 90 minutes, while Castagne came on as a leftwing-back for the final 20 minutes.
Dennis Praet was an unused substitute, but his inclusion in the squad suggests he has overcome the knee injury that has troubled him for a couple of weeks.
For Northern Ireland, Jonny Evans kept Norway’s Erling Haaland quiet, but was substituted at half-time having been spotted holding his groin during the first half.
The centre-back, who was captaining his country, was the only player to keep his place with 10 changes made for the clash, which ended in a 1-0 defeat for Northern Ireland.
For Turkey, Cengiz Under played nearly the whole match as they recovered from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Serbia.
Danny Ward will have been disappointed not to feature for Wales after number one Wayne Hennessey came off injured, only to be replaced by Stoke’s Adam Davies, leaving the City goalkeeper watching on from the bench.
Ryan Giggs’ side won 1-0 against Bulgaria.
Earlier in the week, Kelechi Iheanacho found the net for Nigeria, but missed a chance to double his tally.
The striker produced a nifty turn-and-finish to score the Super Eagles’ only goal in their 1-1 draw with Tunisia, his first international strike in nearly three years.
But, minutes later, he saw a spotkick saved after former City forward Ahmed Musa was fouled in the box.
James Justin helped England’s Young Lions qualify for the European Under-21 Championship, the left-back creating the first goal and then winning a penalty in the 2-1 win over Turkey.
Another City left-back, Luke Thomas, played an hour as England Under-20s beat Wales 2-0.