11 October 2020

As it happened: England 2-1 Belgium

Follow live updates as England face off against the No.1 ranked team in the world Belgium at Wembley Stadium.

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England 0-1 Belgium

19 min: CHANCE! Rashford is robbed by De Bruyne and the Belgian takes on a shot which is easily saved by Pickford.

England are all over the place now.

England 0-1 Belgium

17 min: GOAL! Lukaku makes no mistake from the spot, sending Pickford the wrong way as he dispatches clinically.

England 0-0 Belgium

16 min: PENALTY TO BELGIUM.

Dier brings down Lukaku when the Belgian approaches a shooting opportunity. Definite penalty. Ref waited an age but eventually gave it.

England 0-0 Belgium

15 min: Looking at the disallowed goal again, I don’t think it was offside. very marginal.

England 0-0 Belgium

13 min: England look hopelessly exposed down their right-hand side. Every time Belgium go down that line they look like creating a goalscoring opportunity.

England 0-0 Belgium

11 min: GOAL…oh wait, NO GOAL!

What on earth has happened here? Carrasco fires beyond Pickford but it’s been ruled out for an offside earlier in the move.

It was offside, but the assistant waited until about ten seconds after the goal to put his flag up. Mental.

England 0-0 Belgium

10 min: CHANCE! De Bruyne is played inside the full-back and he stands a cross up for Lukaku who can’t quite direct his header towards goal from six yards out. Let off for England.

England 0-0 Belgium

7 min: Not a great deal of pace to England’s build-up play and when Belgium get the ball there is certainly more zip to it. That being said, Gareth Southgate will be pleased how his midfielders Henderson and Rice have been able to dictate the tempo so far.

England 0-0 Belgium

4 min: Good pressure early on from England here as they control the ball with supreme ease. Belgium happy to set off and watch the Three Lions knock it around.

England 0-0 Belgium

2 min: Calvert-Lewin scurries wide and plays a delicious cross-field ball towards Walker which is cut out by De Bruyne. The Everton man will be keen to further his bid for a starting birth tonight.

And with Kane watching on…

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