Grealish, Chilwell score first England goals
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Jack Grealish and Ben Chilwell scored their first England goals as the Group I leaders moved closer to World Cup qualification with a 5-0 rout of Andorra on Saturday.
Chilwell put Gareth Southgate's side ahead in the early stages before Bukayo Saka doubled the lead at the Estadi Nacional.
Tammy Abraham bagged his first England goal in two years after the interval and James Ward-Prowse claimed the fourth.
Grealish, in his first season with Manchester City after his club record move from Aston Villa, came off the bench to join Chilwell with his maiden England goal in the closing stages.
England are four points clear at the top of the group and need two wins from their last three games to make sure of automatic qualification for the World Cup.
They have a home game against Hungary tomorrow before hosting Albania and travelling to San Marino in November.
Walk in the park
The Euro 2020 runners-up should have no problems emerging from that undemanding schedule with a place at next year's tournament in Qatar.
With Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho delivering influential displays for England, this was a walk in the park for the visitors.
"I'm pleased with the way the team went about the game against a very specific challenge a low defence to break down. We picked players who could take that challenge on," Southgate said.
"There were some nice moments, for Chilly to get a goal after a tough summer with us. Jack's first goal as well.
"Tammy and Bukayo are not players who score too often, so it was nice for all of them."
Up in smoke
The Estadi Nacional's VAR monitor and a small section of the artificial pitch were damaged in a fire which tore through the stadium's television gantry on Friday.
Southgate's bench was on that side of the pitch, but there was never any danger of the England boss being put on the hot seat by the team from a tiny principality located in the mountains of the Pyrenees.
Andorra, ranked 156 in the world, were intent only on keeping the score down, but their resistance soon went up in smoke.
Southgate made 10 alterations from the draw against Poland as Roma striker Abraham made his first international start in four years.
Jack Grealish and Ben Chilwell scored their first England goals as the Group I leaders moved closer to World Cup qualification with a 5-0 rout of Andorra on Saturday.
Chilwell put Gareth Southgate's side ahead in the early stages before Bukayo Saka doubled the lead at the Estadi Nacional.
Tammy Abraham bagged his first England goal in two years after the interval and James Ward-Prowse claimed the fourth.
Grealish, in his first season with Manchester City after his club record move from Aston Villa, came off the bench to join Chilwell with his maiden England goal in the closing stages.
England are four points clear at the top of the group and need two wins from their last three games to make sure of automatic qualification for the World Cup.
They have a home game against Hungary tomorrow before hosting Albania and travelling to San Marino in November.
Walk in the park
The Euro 2020 runners-up should have no problems emerging from that undemanding schedule with a place at next year's tournament in Qatar.
With Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho delivering influential displays for England, this was a walk in the park for the visitors.
"I'm pleased with the way the team went about the game against a very specific challenge a low defence to break down. We picked players who could take that challenge on," Southgate said.
"There were some nice moments, for Chilly to get a goal after a tough summer with us. Jack's first goal as well.
"Tammy and Bukayo are not players who score too often, so it was nice for all of them."
Up in smoke
The Estadi Nacional's VAR monitor and a small section of the artificial pitch were damaged in a fire which tore through the stadium's television gantry on Friday.
Southgate's bench was on that side of the pitch, but there was never any danger of the England boss being put on the hot seat by the team from a tiny principality located in the mountains of the Pyrenees.
Andorra, ranked 156 in the world, were intent only on keeping the score down, but their resistance soon went up in smoke.
Southgate made 10 alterations from the draw against Poland as Roma striker Abraham made his first international start in four years.
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