Belgium ease to comfortable 2-0 win over England
Early goals simply by Youri Tielemans and Dries Mertens earned Belgium a comfortable 2-0 victory above England because they strengthened their grip at the top spot in Nations League Group A2 in Leuven over Sunday.
England needed a win to place themselves back in the frame for a place found in the Nations League finals, but Gareth Southgate's area found themselves chasing the game after Tielemans put the hosts in the front after 10 minutes.
Harry Kane had an effort cleared off the line immediately after but it got even worse for England when Mertens curled home a wonderful free kick after 23 minutes.
Belgium held on with few real alarms against an unimaginative England area and must at this time avoid defeat on Wednesday against Denmark, who beat Iceland 2-1, to complete top of the group.
A second successive defeat for England, after a home loss to Denmark, kept them in third place in the group with one match to arrive at home to Iceland in a few days.
