England vs Iceland player ratings: Mason Mount and Phil Foden impress in easy Three Lions win
The Three Lions bounce back from a midweek defeat to Belgium
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Your support makes all the difference.England made light work of Iceland in their final UEFA Nations League game of 2020, winning 4-0 on Wednesday night.
Declan Rice nodded in the opener from a 20th-minute free-kick and Mason Mount quickly doubled the lead.
England were entirely dominant in the first half and could have scored more, but chances were missed from Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane and Phil Foden.
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A more low-key second half saw fewer clear chances and Iceland failed to have a meaningful shot on target at all, before Phil Foden scored twice late on with a finish on the turn and a low strike from range.
Here are the England player ratings from the victory at Wembley.
Jordan Pickford - 6. One shaky early punch but untested aside from that.
Kyle Walker - 7. Harshly booked early on. Decent overlapping runs when the chance arose.
Eric Dier - 7. Swept up the few balls forward Iceland managed and passed out well.
Harry Maguire - 6. A few loose touches in his own half but always keen to support down the channel.
Kieran Trippier - 7. Standard wing-back showing from the Atletico man. Good deliveries from time to time but mostly a supporting outlet.
Declan Rice - 8. Opened his England account with the first goal. Some great one-touch passing to keep the ball moving. Always diligent with defensive work, too.
Mason Mount - 8. Doesn’t stay restricted to the centre of the park but offers support and link play in the area, down the channels and even beyond the striker. Nicely taken goal, too.
Bukayo Saka - 6. Missed a good chance to score and was a little lightweight at times down the left.
Phil Foden - 8. Good first touch and movement into space from the Man City man. Provided the assist for the opener, should have scored himself on two other occasions…then did, late on, his first goals at senior international level.
Harry Kane - 7. Excellent link-play, below-average finishing for once. Looked frustrated he has gone through 2020 without a goal for his nation.
Jack Grealish - 7. Started brightly but didn’t have as much of a lasting impact this time. Still showed great footwork, clever vision and exchanges of passes at times.
Subs
Tyrone Mings - 6. Played half an hour, mostly untroubled in defence.
Harry Winks - 6. Kept the ball moving but not huge involvement.
Tammy Abraham - 6. Replaced Kane for 15 minutes but didn’t see a chance fall his way.
Jadon Sancho - 6. Assisted Foden’s first.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles - 6. Just a few minutes as wing-back.
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