Harvey Elliott earned England U21 recognition for the first time as he played 90 minutes in the win over Andorra before handing a young fan his boots at ...
Elliott quickly return to the Liverpool XI once he had recovered from his injury, but has been absent from the last couple of games for Jurgen Klopp's side. Elliot had to undergo surgery on a dislocated ankle but has since returned to the first team picture. The 18-year-old handed him his boots, which is not the first time he's performed such a gesture.
Greaves watched from the stands at Dean Court on as his teammate Keane Lewis-Potter remained on the bench against Andorra.
We’ve got maybe 40 or 50 players who sit outside the main squad which is about 30 players," Carsley told Hull Live. "All the emerging players, the players that are playing week in and week out for their clubs that are getting watched, monitored and we’re getting reports on them. "Within this squad, I saw Tino Livramento playing at right-back and also playing higher, I see Ben Johnson able to play left-back, right-back and centre-back – Ben’s a real versatile player who I’ve been really impressed with this week, along with that you’ve got Luke Thomas playing a lot of games at Leicester and Lee Buchanan who is doing well at Derby, so there’s a lot of competition in those defensive areas." "There’s a lot of players on the outside that sit on the outside of the squad.
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This was the blueprint for England’s Under 21s, operating with more risk and expanse. Everton's Anthony Gordon then sealed the win and put the icing on the cake for England I want to attack, I want to attack.
Folarin Balogun, Jacob Ramsey, Morgan Gibbs-White and Anthony Gordon eased England U21 past Andorra on Friday evening in a dominant 4-1 win.
Yet Andorra could only clear to the on-rushing Aston Villa midfielder Ramsey to blast a superb low effort in from 20 yards. Madueke’s deflected pass fell kindly for Balogun and Rodriguez saved his tame effort, only for the ball to roll perfectly for Gibbs-White to fire into the roof of the net. The Young Lions have two games in hand over their rivals with their final four matches, including a trip to the Czech Republic, scheduled for June.
England U21's Jacob Ramsey celebrates scoring their second goal during the UEFA European U21 Championship Qualifying match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth.
Left-back Adrian Gomes was given a mammoth task to compete with Elliot and Livramento on the right-hand side and struggled. Rosas snatched off Livramento, left him behind and tricked through Taylor Harwood-Bellis before sweeping superbly into the net. It was little reprieve, with the ball falling to Ramsey on the edge of the area to power in on the rebound.
Folarin Balogun, Jacob Ramsey, Morgan Gibbs-White and Anthony Gordon all on target in comfortable win against Andorra as England U21s make it 50 qualifying ...
Yet Andorra could only clear to the on-rushing Aston Villa midfielder Ramsey to blast a superb low effort in from 20 yards. It took just six minutes for the Young Lions to open the scoring when Tino Livramento's movement helped open the visitors up on the right and his low cross was converted by Balogun. The Young Lions have two games in hand over their rivals with their final four matches, including a trip to the Czech Republic, scheduled for June.
England Under-21 moved closer to qualifying for next year's European Championship as Lee Carsley enjoyed the best performance of his tenure.
JACOB RAMSEY has already been compared to Steven Gerrard - and the way he blasted home England's second here was very reminiscent of his club boss i.
I want them to be ruthless in front of goal and stinginess defending the goal.” It’s no mean feat and I’m experiencing that first hand. The Middlesbrough loanee’s shot was weak but it rebounded to Gibbs-White who stabbed it into the roof of the net. He said: “I thought it was an OK performance. Gibbs-White should have finished off a fine, flowing move in the lead-up but when his shot was saved, the ball drifted out to the edge of the box where Ramsey thundered it low past the keeper. It was the Southampton right-back who teed up the opener, squaring for Balogun to flick home after a clever exchange with Elliott down the right.
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Strolled past Livramento and Thomas before executing a great finish beyond Bursik. The whole of Dean Court stood and applauded that because it was a terrific goal. So far in Group G, England have won three and drawn one of their four games thus far - their only draw coming away to Slovenia. Following on from tonight's game, the squad will prepare for Tuesday night's game against Albania in Elbasan. Has stunned the ground here. In fact, so rare are Under-21 call-ups for the Tigers, this is the first time one of their own players has been selected since midfielder Garry Parker way back in 1986. A good night for England this evening, but KLP is forced to watch on from the bench and must wait for his chance.
The Aston Villa rookie was doing what he does best for the England Under 21s against Andorra - and now supporters want to see this.
“So he’s just got to keep doing what he’s doing in a Villa shirt. The England boss was asked about Ramsey in the build up to the game and admitted he had considered a senior call up: “Yeah, absolutely, I think Jacob is doing really well. Villa fans are used to seeing the 20-year-old’s name on the scoresheet, last night’s was his seventh of a remarkable season.
JACOB RAMSEY has already been compared to Steven Gerrard - and the way he blasted home England's second here was very reminiscent of his club boss i.
I want them to be ruthless in front of goal and stinginess defending the goal.” It’s no mean feat and I’m experiencing that first hand. The Middlesbrough loanee’s shot was weak but it rebounded to Gibbs-White who stabbed it into the roof of the net. He said: “I thought it was an OK performance. Gibbs-White should have finished off a fine, flowing move in the lead-up but when his shot was saved, the ball drifted out to the edge of the box where Ramsey thundered it low past the keeper. It was the Southampton right-back who teed up the opener, squaring for Balogun to flick home after a clever exchange with Elliott down the right.
Jacob Ramsey found the net as England's Under-21s secured a 4-1 victory over Andorra on Friday night. The Aston Villa midfielder completed 82 minutes at ...
England men's under-21s earned another three points in UEFA U21 EURO qualifying with a dominant 4-1 score against Andorra in Bournemouth.
Carsley's side found their third goal soon after in the second-half. The Young Lions continued to see most of the ball and were nearly two ahead after 12 minutes, Noni Madueke driving inside from the left wing and firing a shot low that was well-saved by Ion Rodriguez. Strikes from Balogun and Ramsey put England two goals to the good at the break before Gibbs-White and Gordon struck in the second half either side of a terrific solo strike from Albert Rosas for the visitors
The Tigers star will hope for his England debut in front of a sell-out crowd at the Vitality Stadium.
“No, definitely not, said Carsley. “He’s broken the seal in terms of getting into the squad and it’s down to him now. His goals and assists ratio is very high and you can see why he’s scored so many goals with the amount of runs he makes into the box, and his calmness in his finishing, so I’ve been impressed with a lot about Keane.” If you look at some of the players that aren’t here at the minute, the likes of Ryan Sessegnon, Emile Smith Row, Curtis Jones – they can all play in those wide areas, so he’s up against it in that respect.