England snatch late winner as Germany begin World cup defense in style
– Sam Allardyce’s England got off to a winning start in Slovakia with an injury time winner
– Lallana scores his first goal for the Three Lions as Rooney becomes most capped England player
– Germany begins the defence of their World Cup triumph in Brazil with a 3-0 win over Norway
– Scotland cruises past Malta as Poland shares the spoils with Kazakhstan in Astana
– Christian Eriksen gets the only goal for Denmark as Henrikh Mkhitaryan was missing for Armenia
England recorded a hard earned victory over Slovakia in Sam Allardyce’s first game in charge as coach of his country World Cup qualifier.
Sam Allardyce celebrates his first win in charge as England manager
Liverpool forward Adam Lallana fired home his first international goal on time added on to snatch maximum points and Wayne Rooney becoming the most capped England player with 116 appearances.
However, Slovakia were reduced to 10 men when former Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel stamped on Harry Kane but his former teammate stole the show in injury time as it ended 1-0.
Lallana and Cahil in wild celebrations after scoring the injury time winner against Slovakia
World Champions Germany began the defence of their 2014 World Cup triumph with a 3-0 win away to Norway in a Group C encounter World Cup qualifier.
It took just 16 minutes for Joachim Low’s side to get the curtain raiser as Muller was in the right place and at the right time to put the Germans in the lead.
Muller celebrates his goal against Norway in a World Cup qualifier
Bayern Munich’s youngster Kimmich got the second and his first international goal following a brilliant solo effort from the right.
Muller put the tie to bed with a fine header on the hour mark. It ended 3-0.
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In Group F, Scotland were high flying as they cruised to a 5-1 victory over Malta with a man-of-the-match performance from Robert Snodgrass.
Snodgrass was star of the show in Scotland’s 5-1 win away to Malta
The Hull City midfielder scored a hat trick with Steven Fletcher and Chris Martins getting the other goals.
Poland were given a run for their money as Kazakhstan came back from a two-goal deficit to level things up as the tie ended 2-2 a piece in Group E in Astana.
Robert Lewandowski scored a brace but the former Soviet republic caught the White Eagles defence napping on two occasions as they pulled an emphatic draw.
Lewandowski scores from the spot against Kazakhstan.
Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan was absent in Armenia’s 0-1 loss to Denmark as the only goal of the match was scored by Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen.
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