England vs Belgium LIVE: result and reaction as Lauren Hemp early goal gives Lionesses win in Nations League
England return to winning ways with a 1-0 win over Belgium in the Nations League
England returned to winning ways as the Lionesses beat Belgium in the Women’s Nations League clash in Leicester.
The European champions and World Cup runners-up defeated Scotland in Sunderland to open their Nations League campaign but then suffered just their third defeat under Sarina Wiegman in a 2-1 loss at the Netherlands.
The result had put England in third place in Group A1 ahead of the double-header against Belgium, who lead the standings on four points following their win against Scotland and draw against the Netherlands.
But the Lionesses found just enough on the night to beat Belgium, although it was far from the clinical performance they would have wanted. Despite dominating possession and chances, they were only able to find the net once and that left the game more open than it could have been.
The Lionesses must win their group to advance to the Nations League Finals, and must then get through the semi-finals to book Team GB’s qualification spot for next summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
Follow for all the latest updates from the King Power Stadium:
England 1-0 Belgium
58’ The Netherlands have made it 3-0 against Scotland, and England are still in search of their second here.
England 1-0 Belgium
55’ SAVE! Mary Earps had to be alert there to make a key save to prevent substitute Wijnants from levelling the match!
England 1-0 Belgium
52’ England have a free kick just inside the Belgium half, Greenwood sends it to the far post and it just had too much on it for a stretching Stanway.
England 1-0 Belgium
50’ CHANCE! Russo fires wide!
The ball fell perfectly to her after Kelly drove into the box and had her own attempt blocked, but she couldn’t hit the target.
England 1-0 Belgium
49’ Ella Toone has an ambitious attempt from the right corner of the box but it was always going wide.
England 1-0 Belgium
47’ Bright has her header deflected over and it will be another corner...which finds Bronze but her header glances just wide of the goal
England 1-0 Belgium
46’ Hemp is played in behind almost immediately, but she can’t get her cross to find the target and it’s deflected behind for another corner.
England 1-0 Belgium
46’ The second half is underway in Leicester, Belgium have made one change during the break
HT: England 1-0 Belgium
The teams will be out soon at the King Power Stadium for the second half
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