Aggie Beever-Jones and Keira Walsh scored their first England targets because the Lionesses thrashed Belgium 5-0 at Ashton Gate to maneuver prime of Nations League Group A3.
First-half targets from defenders Luzy Bronze and Millie Shiny put England in management earlier than Beever-Jones, Jess Park and Walsh secured the win, which strikes Sarina Wiegman’s facet a degree above second-placed Spain.
It was a cushty night time for England in opposition to the group’s backside facet, who didn’t have a shot on the right track and stay and not using a level from their opening three video games.
The 2 sides meet once more on Tuesday in Leuven, the place England will likely be anticipating to keep up their unbeaten begin to the marketing campaign having drawn at Portugal and crushed world champions Spain.
England took a deserved lead in opposition to Belgium within the twenty first minute by way of a lucky Bronze headed opener, which took an enormous deflection to wrong-foot Belgium goalkeeper Nicky Evrard.
Bronze then turned supplier in first-half stoppage time as she flicked on Beth Mead’s nook to the again put up the place Shiny bundled dwelling.
Beever-Jones was introduced on for Lauren James at half time, and the Chelsea ahead notched her first Lionesses aim with a first-time scientific end from Mead’s cross within the 67th minute.
Fellow substitute Park then added a fourth 10 minutes later to attain in back-to-back video games following her winner in opposition to Spain at Wembley in February.
However England weren’t completed there as Walsh lastly scored her first England aim on her 83rd cap to place the icing on the cake of a five-star efficiency in Bristol.
