Trent Alexander-Arnold rankings a intellectual attempting free kick as England cruise to a 3-0 UEFA Nations League victory over Finland League B Neighborhood 2.
England intervening time boss Lee Carsley received exactly the response he became once after from his gamers as they cruised to a 3-1 victory over Finland in League B Neighborhood 2 of the UEFA Nations League.
Three days on from their embarrassing 2-1 dwelling loss to Greece, the Three Lions made Helsinki their playground as Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Declan Rice struck earlier than Arttu Hoskonen managed to wipe out Dean Henderson‘s dreary neat sheet.
After Thursday’s humbling expertise, Carsley ditched the striker-much less experiment and reverted to kind for the perambulate to Scandinavia, the put match-another time captain Harry Kane became once amongst six modifications in the company’ XI.
Two of those fresh faces – Angel Gomes and Grealish – joined forces for a merited opener in the first half, as England made their classes of possession dominance pay and seemed a ways sharper and more sturdy than they did in midweek.
That being acknowledged, Finland had been exhibiting glimpses of what they had been capable of in the closing third when they managed to venture out of their receive half, albeit with out that closing, killer touch when it mattered most.
Markku Kanerva‘s males with ease kept a pedestrian England at arm’s dimension at the start of the 2d half, but after Fredrik Jensen neglected a magnificent likelihood to diploma the game, the company upped the intensity and received their reward when Alexander-Arnold crashed in a intellectual attempting free kick.
The facets had been well and with out a doubt in the gather when Rice burst forward and confirmed Jensen the correct diagram to perform from shut fluctuate, even supposing the ease of which Hoskonen scored a consolation header became once a blot on Carsley’s notebook.
A fresh web declare of English football history became once additionally written on Sunday, as the Three Lions like now not misplaced any of their first 13 video games against Finland, their most against a single opponent.
Now boasting nine facets from a seemingly 12, England like temporarily gone diploma with community leaders Greece earlier than their clash with the Republic of Eire, while Finland live monotonous closing on zero facets and are on a one-approach avenue to League C.
FINLAND VS. ENGLAND HIGHLIGHTS
Jack Grealish goal vs. Finland (18th min, Finland 0-1 England)
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Two gamers promoted to the England initiating lineup for tonight’s game mix for a deserved opening goal.
The Three Lions knock it about patiently on the edge of the Finland penalty dwelling earlier than Gomes plays a tender by diagram of ball to Grealish, who beats a unfamiliar offside entice that Nikolai Alho tried to play.
Grealish has so a lot time to opt his position, and the Manchester City winger frivolously slots the ball into the backside nook beneath Lukas Hradecky‘s outstretched hand.
Fredrik Jensen skedaddle away out vs. England (56th min, Finland 0-1 England)
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A skedaddle away out of the tournament contender from Finland’s Fredrik Jensen, who’s in the valid space at the valid time to fulfill Topi Keskinen‘s ball to the edge of the six-yard field, but he leans back and sends his effort crusing over the bar.
Trent Alexander-Arnold goal vs. Finland (74th min, Finland 0-2 England)
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Clutch. A. Bow.
England get hold of a free kick a apt 25-30 yards from goal in Trent Alexander-Arnold territory, and the Liverpool man would possibly possibly well not like positioned his strike better, getting it up and over the wall and magnificently discovering the prime nook.
Hradecky would possibly possibly well simply like received a fingertip to his effort, but there became once nothing that the Bayer Leverkusen – or any goalkeeper in the world – would possibly possibly well like accomplished about that. Tiring-ball perfection from Alexander-Arnold.
Declan Rice goal vs. Finland (84th min, Finland 0-3 England)
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Finland seemed bigger than capable of levelling the game at the start of the 2d half, but England are with out a doubt cruising in the direction of their most emphatic get hold of of the admittedly instant-lived Carsley generation so a ways.
Change Ollie Watkins burns Arttu Hoskonen for race down the left and delivers a low ball into the field for Rice, who opens up his physique and aspect-foots the ball into the a ways nook from shut fluctuate.
Arttu Hoskonen goal vs. England (87th min, Finland 1-3 England)
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Position reversal from Rice’s goal simply now! Finland salvage a consolation as Hoskonen will get in entrance of Watkins a ways too easily and heads in at the advance put up from a nook. An pointless goal for England to concede.
MAN OF THE MATCH – JACK GREALISH
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Alexander-Arnold would possibly possibly well simply thoroughly like won the goal of the match award, but in terms of overall impact on the game, there had been few better than Grealish, who’s loving lifestyles beneath Carsley and now has two targets to bid from three appearances beneath the 50-year-extinct.
The Man City winger sent a loud choice message to Pep Guardiola with a the truth is serene accomplish, to boot as creating three probabilities and winding up 97% of his passes, exhibiting a dinky bit of the Grealish of extinct.
FINLAND VS. ENGLAND MATCH STATS
Possession: Finland 31%-69% England
Shots: Finland 13-15 England
Shots heading in the correct path: Finland 3-6 England
Corners: Finland 4-5 England
Fouls: Finland 7-7 England
BEST STATS
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England like smooth now below no circumstances misplaced to Finland.
Meeting each and each other 13 times, England like 11 wins and a pair of draws 💥 pic.twitter.com/VS4H9nt9s3
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WHAT NEXT?
England’s first-space scrap with Greece looks set to skedaddle valid down to the wire, and the Three Lions face the Pirate Ship in Athens (November 14) and the Republic of Eire (November 17) subsequent month, in what ought to smooth be Carsley’s closing matches responsible.
Meanwhile, Finland – who can now most attention-grabbing hope for a third-positioned accomplish at most attention-grabbing – breeze to Eire on November 14 earlier than closing out an unsuccessful marketing campaign at dwelling to Greece three days later.
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