England’s Young Lions put on an electrifying show to move top of their European Championship qualifying group, casting Austria aside with a 5-1 victory at Stadium MK.
Callum Hudson-Odoi, who bagged two, and Phil Foden dazzled as they look to catch Gareth Southgate’s eye ahead of senior qualifiers against Montenegro and Kosovo next month while Eddie Nketiah showed almost every aspect of a real No9, claiming a hat-trick but missing a penalty to make it four.
Boothroyd’s side were on the front foot from the off here in Milton Keynes, Nketiah having a goal ruled out for offside after five minutes before Phil Foden fizzed one wide of Fabian Ehmann’s goal.
Hudson-Odoi had dropped down from the seniors after Southgate decided it was too soon following in jury to be back in the fold at the highest level, but the Chelsea winger certainly wasn’t in the mood to let himself himself be forgotten, notching his second goal for club and county since returning from Achillies injury.
Bournemouth defender Lloyd Kelly directed a wonderful diagonal ball over to Norwich full-back Max Aarons, who collected wonderfully before crossing for Hudson-Odoi to volley home smartly from 12 yards.
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