England wanted to round off this group by maintaining their rhythm and will enter the knockout stages fully in the groove. With Sarina Wiegman self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 and assistant Arjan Veurink taking charge in her place, the only changes were in the dugout and on the scoreboard.
The same starting line-up that gave Norway one hell of a beating scored just the five goals this time rather than eight but bent a resilient Northern Ireland to their will all the same.
