Ngumoha makes history as England beat Czechia in UEFA Nations League | OneFootball

England beat Czechia 2-0 in the UEFA Nations League at the Fortuna Arena on Tuesday.

Liverpool youngster Rio Ngumoha featured during the game, becoming England’s youngest player to make a competitive debut in the last five years.

Czechia nearly opened the scoring early on when Pavel Sulc pounced on a defensive mistake to run through on goal, but James Trafford quickly came off his line to clear the danger.

England should have scored in the 15th minute, but Morgan Rogers’s effort struck the woodwork. Harry Kane failed to connect cleanly on the rebound.

Sulc was sent off inside the opening half hour following his dangerous tackle on Elliot Anderson, reducing Czechia to 10 men.

England pushed for the opener before half-time but did not pose much threat to Czechia goalkeeper Matej Kovar.

The Three Lions opened the scoring just after the break. Trent Alexander-Arnold whipped a cross into the area for Anthony Gordon to nod the visitors ahead.

Lewis Hall should have doubled the lead when Gordon cut the ball back to him, but he dragged his shot wide.

England were denied from scoring again by the woodwork on the hour mark as Ladislav Krejci turned Hall’s cross onto his own post.

Kane sealed England’s victory in the 69th minute as the ball fell kindly to him inside the box.

The victory takes England to second in Group C following Spain’s victory over Croatia. They face Croatia on Saturday, before hosting Czechia three days later.