James McAtee’s double noticed England declare a 2-1 victory over Ukraine of their European U21 Championship qualifier on the Vitality Stadium.
Taras Mykhavko opened the scoring from a nook within the seventieth minute for the away facet earlier than McAtee’s free-kick and added-time winner noticed Ben Futcher’s males take the factors.
The outcome noticed second-place England shut the hole on their opponents to 2 factors on the prime of Group F.
England squandered a golden likelihood after 20 minutes when Ipswich’s Liam Delap hounded Ukraine keeper Ruslan Neshcheret right into a mistake, with the unfastened ball discovering McAtee whose highly effective effort was stopped.
The Younger Lions struggled all through the primary half, changing into annoyed by Ukraine’s press as they tried to play out from the again.
England’s Lewis Corridor and Ukraine’s Nazar Voloshyn battle for the ball
Lewis Corridor made a wise run down the left however regardless of Omari Hutchinson’s evasive motion, his first-time effort flew over the crossbar.
Delap seemed to proceed his wealthy vein of type from the Premier League after being performed in by McAtee however the striker’s effort clipped the crossbar.
England improved after the break however they nonetheless failed to interrupt the impasse as Jaden Philogene blasted an effort straight at Neshcheret.
The hosts had been punished for his or her poor ending within the seventieth minute when Ukraine took the lead. A whipped nook to the again submit was misjudged by goalkeeper James Trafford as Mykhavko jumped highest and nodded within the opener.
McAtee’s persistence paid off as his free-kick on the sting of the world cannoned off the bar and in earlier than he slammed house a unfastened ball to steal the factors.
