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England prevail in Uefa Nations League

Marcus Rashford’s penalty and a lucky strike from Mason Mount helped the team to come back from a goal down to overcome top-ranked Belgium 2-1 at Wembley

Reuters London Published 12.10.20, 01:35 AM
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Marcus Rashford’s penalty and a lucky strike from Mason Mount helped England come from a goal down to overcome top-ranked Belgium 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday and climb above them in the Uefa Nations League Group B.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for the visitors from the penalty spot in the 16th minute.

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Belgium’s Thomas Meunier pulled down the hosts’ captain Jordan Henderson to concede a penalty and Rashford converted from the spot.

England took the lead through Mount in the 64th minute with a shot that took a heavy deflection off the boot of Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld, looping over keeper Simon Mignolet into the far corner of the net.

Ireland hung on for a gritty 0-0 draw at home to Wales in Dublin and Erling Haaland hit a superb hat-trick as Norway hammered Romania 4-0 in Oslo.

On Saturday, Germany scored once in either half to beat hosts Ukraine 2-1 for their first win in four matches and their first ever victory in this competition.

In Madrid, Mikel Oyarzabal scored early to help an underwhelming Spain secure a scrappy 1-0 victory over Switzerland.

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