England stumble to draw as crowd trouble mars Wembley qualifier
England remain on course for World Cup qualification despite stumbling to a disappointingdraw on a night when Hungary were once again let down by some of their fans.
Gareth Southgate's undefeated side are on track to win Group I with only next month's matches against Albania and minnows San Marino remaining on the road to Qatar. But England struggled against hungary, with John Stones cancelling out Roland Sallai's penalty in a tepid 1-1 draw at Wembley.
This qualifier will be remembered more for what happened off the pitch than on it, just a month on from racist abuse marring the two sides' meeting in Budapest.
FIFA ordered Hungary to play two home matches behind closed doors, one suspended for two years, as punishment and further sanctions look set to follow after Tuesday's match. On a night when a banner was displayed in the away section opposing players taking the knee, the Metropolitan Police confirmed a spectator was arrested for a racially aggravated public order offence for comments directed a taste ward.
The police clashed with Hungarian fans and appeared to be pushed back into the con course early in the first half, with the Football Association pledging to investigate the incident and report it to FIFA.
Tuesday had started in respectful fashion as Wembley stood and applauded in remembranceof england gr eats roger Hunt and Jimmy Greaves. But the mood soon changed and England fans booed the scenes in the away section, with attention turning to on-field matters in the ninth minute.
Jack Grealish and Luke Shaw combined before the latter fired in a low cross that Harry Kane looked set to turn in before zsolt Nagy's timely challenge.
Hungary looked ready to break on the counter against the out-of-sync hosts, who fell behind for the first time in this qualification campaign in the 24th minute.
Referee ale jan dr o hernandez awarded a penalty after Shaw caught Loic Nego with a high boot. Sallai sent Jordan Pickford the wrong way from the spot after the video assistant referee ratified the decision.
England were soon claiming a penalty of their own when kane went down in the box and Grealish was unhappy about the roughness of some attention he was receiving.
But two Manchester City team-mates helped improve his mood in the 37th minute. Phil Foden sent in a free-kick from the right and Stones reacted to score at the far post when it was flicked on.
Grealish threatened a quickfire second and Raheem Sterling had the chance to score in stoppage time only to fluff his lines after Peter Gulacsi saved his initial header. The Hungary keeper stopped a Sterling cross and held onto aka ne effort after the break, with a Foden setpiece headed narrowly wide by Stones in the 62nd minute.
England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Mings, Shaw, Foden, Rice, Mount, Sterling (Henderson 76), Kane (Abraham 76), Grealish (Saka 62), Abraham (Watkins 90). Subs Not Used: Sancho, Tomori, Ramsdale, Chilwell, Johnstone, Coady, Trippier, Wardprowse.
Hungary: Gulacsi, Kecskes, Lang, Szalai, Nego (Bolla 90), Adam Nagy, Schafer (Vecsei 79), Zsolt Nagy, Szoboszlai (Nikolic 90), Schon (Holender 68),Sallai (Szabo 79). Subs Not Used: Varga, Gazdag, Bogdan, Salloi, Balogh.