ALBANIANS LOSE BOTTLE TO SPARK KO
KAROL SWIDERSKI got Poland’s winner against Albania – then was pelted with bottles leading to the game being suspended.
Mateusz Klich set up Swiderski to fire a left-foot shot into the net with 13 minutes of the Group I encounter remaining in Tirana.
Striker Swiderski and his team-mates were then pelted with plastic drinks bottles from the stands, prompting players to leave the pitch.
Play finally got back on with the Poles seeing the game out 1-0 to jump into second place in the group, three points behind England who will host Albania at Wembley next month.
A 58th career hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo helped Portugal stroll to a 5-0 home win over Luxembourg in Group A.
The treble, which meant Ronaldo became the first man to hit 10 international hat-tricks, takes his tally to 115 goals from 182 caps.
And the Manchester Untied hero continues to pull away as the top scorer of all time.
Victory ensures Portugal remain a point behind leaders Serbia, who claimed a 3-1 home win over Azerbaijan, with a game in hand and superior goal difference.
Portugal had the game all but won within the first 18 minutes.
Ronaldo struck twice from the spot before his Manchester United teammate Bruno Fernandes made it three as he fired in following good work from Bernardo Silva.
Sweden beat 10-man Greece 2-0 to remain top of Group B.
Former Celtic ace Teemu Pukki scored twice to break Jari Litmanen’s international goals record for Finland in their 2-0 victory over Kazakhstan.
Ireland thrashed Qatar 4-0 in a friendly with West Brom’s Callum Robinson making it five goals in two games with a hat-trick.
Former Celtic stopper Shane Duffy grabbed the other Irish goal.