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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rob Smyth

England 1-0 Belgium: Women’s Nations League – as it happened

Lauren Hemp scores the opening goal for England.
Lauren Hemp scores the opening goal for England. Photograph: Ryan Browne/Shutterstock

That’s all for tonight. I’ll leave you with Suzanne Wrack’s report – goodnight.

Sarina Wiegman’s reaction

We’re very happy with the win, especially after the last game. We played with lots of energy. We really wanted to dominate the game and I think that’s what we did. We hoped to score more goals because then it becomes easier. You could see that on counter-attacks they were sometimes very dangerous. But overall I’m very happy with our performance.

We started the game really well with a lot of pace, then it dropped a little bit. At first they didn’t step in with the centre-back, then later on they did, and then we needed more runs behind. It’s just a lot easier if we score a second goal. But I was pleased with our performance.

We said after the World Cup we sometimes lose the ball in dangerous moments, and we were a lot more secure on the ball today. The decision-making needs to be right.

I was very happy to see Fran Kirby back. She did well; Ella [Toone] played well too.

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