Ukraine 1-1 England: Three Lions on monitor for Euro 2024 regardless of laboured draw
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ngland drew 1-1 in opposition to Ukraine after a laboured efficiency that stored their Euro 2024 qualification marketing campaign on monitor nonetheless.
Gareth Southgate would have been happy to see his facet, which featured oft-criticised stalwarts Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson, dominate the ball early on to the tune of 85 per cent possession because the 20-minute mark handed.
However, they’d solely a blocked Bukayo Saka shot to indicate for it and Ukraine took the lead with their first actual assault of the sport.
A swift assault down the proper flank noticed Ben Chilwell remoted in opposition to Yukhym Konoplya’s overlap and the right-back picked out Oleksandr Zinchenko for a cool end previous Jordan Pickford.
England bounced again by reasserting their management of the ball with out fixing their earlier points, primarily an absence of killer cross or inventive motion.
Both of these issues had been expelled on 43 minutes when Harry Kane’s pleasant ball from deep picked out Kyle Walker’s completely timed run into the field. The veteran defender steadied himself earlier than netting his first worldwide objective, 12-and-a-half years after his Three Lions debut.
England improved barely after the break and virtually led when Bukayo Saka was gifted time and area within the D, his ferocious effort fantastically tipped onto the bar by goalkeeper Heorhiy Bushchan.
Few different critical assaults had been solid by both facet because the factors had been shared.
England stay six factors clear atop Group C with Ukraine taking their sport in hand in opposition to Italy on Tuesday, which ought to decide the frontrunner to dislodge the Three Lions from prime spot.
Southgate’s males face Scotland in a pleasant subsequent with Italy and Malta to return at Wembley later this yr earlier than their qualification run ends in North Macedonia.