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Lee Swettenham

Man City defender Aleks Zinchenko fires Ukraine into World Cup play-offs

Oleksandr Zinchenko scored to help Ukraine qualify for the World Cup play-offs by beating Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Manchester City man put his nation ahead with a tap-in on the hour mark before Artem Dovbyk completed a 2-0 victory late on.

It meant that Ukraine reached the European play-offs having remained unbeaten in their group with six draws and two wins.

Elsewhere, Kevin De Bruyne was on the scoresheet for Belgium as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Wales in Cardiff.

He struck in the 12th minute to give the Belgians the lead, but Kieffer Moore hit back for Wales after half-an-hour.

While Belgium had already qualified for Qatar 2022, the Welsh fought for a well-deserved draw that secured them a home tie in the play-offs.

Blues defender Nathan Ake came on as a substitute for Holland who secured the final European qualifying spot for next year's tournament by beating Norway 2-0 in Rotterdam.

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