Harry Wilson gave Wales shock lead; but goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Thorgan Hazard and Romelu Lukaku sealed Belgium's victory; Belgium win 13th straight competitive match at home; Wales suffer first defeat in five games.
Match Report
In their first meeting with Belgium since beating them 3-1 in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016, Wales took an early lead as Harry Wilson, who was played in by Gareth Bale, finished a slick move (10).
However, Belgium roared back as goals from Kevin De Bruyne (22) and Thorgan Hazard (28) turned the game on its head and sent Roberto Martinez's side in at half-time with the lead.
Romelu Lukaku ensured victory for the hosts in the second half, converting from the spot (73) after Chris Mepham brought down Dries Mertens, as Wales suffered their first competitive defeat in 12 matches.
Victory sees Belgium, who record a 13th straight competitive win at home, into second in Group E behind Czech Republic, who face Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium as their World Cup qualifying campaign continues next Tuesday.
Line-ups
Belgium XI: Vermaelen, Vertonghen, Mertens, Alderweireld, Courtois, De Bruyne, Lukaku, Meunier, T Hazard, Dendoncker, Tielemans
Subs: Mignolet, Benteke, Casteels, Vanaken, Praet, Trossard, Batshuayi, T. Foket, Januzaj, Castagne, Denayer, J. Doku
Wales XI: Bale, J.Allen, Ward, J. Lawrence, Daniel James, Harry Wilson, C. Roberts, J. Rodon, Ampadu, Mepham, Neco Williams
Subs: Hennessey, C. Gunter, R.Kanu, J. Williams, T. Lawrence, Kieffer Moore, A. Davies, J. Morrell, T. Roberts, R. Norrington-Davies, M. Smith, B. Cabango
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The impact of Hazard in Belgium square
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Eden Hazard Reaction After His Brother T. Hazard Scored For Belgium π§πͺ πππ
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Pep Guardiola : "I have spent years training him, and I know Kevin de bruyne as the selfless player who loves to assist more, yet he is a great Goalscorer, but he does not like going for goals he prefers to assist his teammates to score rather. In previous weeks I read very provoking articles claiming how Kevin goal ratio reads comparing to someone else. The next day I told everyone at Training that they must now start to expect Kevin to be on score sheet regularly because people outside who do not know who Kevin is are starting to look down on him. I told him he must cut off his supplies for his teammates by 60% and he must also do the same in National team level just to remind some people who he is, and then after few months he will go back to his most loved post, which is to Assist his teammates. He's currently doing exactly what i told him, which is scoring goals regularly in an incredibly fashion for both Manchester City and Belgium π§πͺ
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