England could only draw 1-1 against Ukraine after Kyle Walker rescued a point with his first international goal on a searing Saturday evening in Wroclaw, Poland.
2024 EURO qualification
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Match Report
Despite massively dominating possession in the first half, England had no penetration and Arsenal star and Ukraine talisman Oleksandr Zinchenko gave the hosts the lead with their first shot of the game via a quick, incisive counter-attack to send the partisan home crowd into raptures.
But Manchester City defender Walker, 33, became the second-oldest player to score his first goal for England after Jimmy Moore as he netted on his 77th cap after captain Harry Kane's wonderful lofted through ball.
Both sides had chances in the second half as the game opened up but Ukraine held on for the point and celebrated joyously at the final whistle.
The result sees Ukraine remain unbeaten in their fourth game under new bossSerhiy Rebrov, while England lost their 100 per cent record in qualifying for next summer's European Championship in Germany, but remain six points clear at the top of Group C.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
22' Yellow Card! Stepanenko booked
26' GOAL! Ukraine 1-0 England (Zinchenko)
41' GOAL! Ukraine 1-1 England (Walker)
59' OFF THE BAR! Saka nearly nets
Line-ups
Ukraine XI: Taras Stepanenko, Georgiy Bushchan, Roman Yaremchuk, Zinchenko, Viktor Tsygankov, Mykola Matvienko, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Yukhym Konoplya, Mykhaylo Mudryk, G. Sudakov, Ilya Zabarnyi
Subs: Sergiy Kryvtsov, Yarmolenko, Sergiy Sydorchuk, V. Buyalskiy, Oleksandr Karavaev, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Artem Dovbyk, Andriy Lunin, Yegor Nazaryna, Denys Popov, Anatoliy Trubin, Vladyslav Vanat
England XI: Henderson, Walker, Kane, Pickford, Maguire, Maddison, Chilwell, Rice, Guehi, Saka, Jude Bellingham
Subs: Callum Wilson, Trippier, Dunk, Sam Johnstone, Tomori, Kalvin Phillips, Rashford, Ramsdale, Foden, Eberechi Eze, Conor Gallagher, Levi Colwill