England vs Netherlands LIVE: Result and reaction as Lionesses produce stunning Wembley comeback

England 3-2 Netherlands: Ella Toone scored a stoppage-time winner after the Lionesses were two goals down at half time

Sarina Wiegman says England ‘know what we have to do’ against Netherlands

England kept their bid to secure Olympics qualification for Great Britain alive in dramatic fashion as Ella Toone’s stoppage-time goal completed a fightback from two goals down to beat the Netherlands 3-2 at Wembley.

Needing a win to remain in contention to finish top in Nations League Group A1, the final position required for them to have a chance of obtaining a place for GB at next summer’s Games in Paris, the Lionesses were on course for a third defeat in the pool as Lineth Beerensteyn notched a first-half brace for the Dutch.

But Sarina Wiegman’s side battled back with two goals in quick succession from Georgia Stanway and Lauren Hemp around the hour mark, before substitute Toone capped the turnaround in the first minute of time added on to bring a huge roar from the 71,632 crowd in attendance.

It leaves England in second place, level on points with the Netherlands and one in front of Belgium, ahead of concluding their group matches by playing Scotland at Hampden Park on Tuesday. Belgium drew 1-1 with Scotland in Friday’s other Group A1 contest.

Follow all the live action in the blog below and here are the England vs Netherlands latest odds.

England vs Netherlands LIVE: Women’s Nations League latest updates

• FT: England 3-2 Netherlands! Lionesses complete stunning comeback
• What do England need for Team GB to qualify for the Olympics?
• 90+1’ GOAL! Ella Toone scores to put England ahead (3-2)
• 61’ GOAL! Lauren Hemp draws England level (2-2)
• 58’ GOAL! Georgia Stanway pulls one back for England (1-2)
• 34’ GOAL! Lionesses fall further behind as Earps fails to keep out Beerensteyn shot (0-2)
• 12' GOAL! Beerensteyn fires Netherlands ahead after mix-up in England defence (0-1)
• England XI: Earps; Bronze, Carter, Greenwood, Charles; Walsh, Stanway, Kirby; James, Hemp, Kelly
• Netherlands XI: Van Domselaar; Dijkstra, Spitse, Janssen; Pelova, Groenen, Van de Donk, Brugts; Roord; Beerensteyn, Martens
• Beth Mead returns to Lionesses bench but captain Millie Bright is out

[1 December 2023 22:08 · Sonia Twigg]

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Some more clarification on Olympic qualification, England need to win by three goals more than the Netherlands, if both sides win, otherwise they will qualify if the Dutch drop points and the Lionesses beat Scotland.

[1 December 2023 22:06 · Sonia Twigg]

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In the meantime here are some photos from the second half:

Lauren Hemp scored the second goal against the Netherlands (PA)

England look disappointed at the end of the match, with a fight for an Olympics place still on (PA)

Ella Toone scored the winner against the Netherlands at Wembley (Action Images via Reuters)

[1 December 2023 22:01 · Sonia Twigg]

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We will be bringing you everything from Sarina Wiegman’s press conference shortly.

[1 December 2023 21:59 · Sonia Twigg]

When asked about scoring late goals, Toone said: “Apparently (I do love it), I wish I could play here every week.

“But I love scoring goals for England and I love playing football and it’s really special to get on the scoresheet again at Wembley but the most important thing is the win.”

She added: “The fans were amazing tonight and we love playing here.”

[1 December 2023 21:57 · Sonia Twigg]

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Toone continued: “It was all a bit of a blur but just to go on, make an impact, attack, make sure that we go up the pitch and express ourselves and the subs that she made really did that.

“It was a great comeback, from 2-0 down to come back and show that we can win that game and two good goals.”

[1 December 2023 21:55 · Sonia Twigg]

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Ella Toone said to ITV 4: “Of course it’s always nice to get on the scoresheet, the main thing for us was that we won and we did that.

“I knew my role tonight was to come on and change the game in any way that I could and I managed to get on the scoresheet but what a ball from LJ and we showed a lot of character tonight to get that win.”

[1 December 2023 21:52 · Sonia Twigg]

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Just a look at the Olympics and what England have to do.

England need to finish top of the group, so need to win over Scotland, and for the Netherlands to drop points against Belgium in their final match.

[1 December 2023 21:48 · Sonia Twigg]

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To kick off the reaction, here’s some quotes from Karen Bardsley to BBC Radio 5 Live: “What a remarkable second half, I can’t quite believe what I’ve just seen. To be honest it was an unforgiveable first half for me.

“The quality, the character to come back and to then nearly add a fourth in the dying moments.

“It says a lot about this team it really does.”

[1 December 2023 21:45 · Sonia Twigg]

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The Lionesses are just making their way around the pitch to all the applause and hand-made signs from the faithful England supporters.

[1 December 2023 21:43 · Sonia Twigg]

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Stay tuned for all the reaction to that amazing comeback.