HELSINKI (Reuters) – England enjoyed a 3-1 win over Finland thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Declan Rice at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Sunday to get their Nations League campaign back on track after Thursday’s humbling loss to Greece.
England are second in Group B2 with nine points after four games, level on points with leaders Greece who have a game in hand, while Finland are bottom without a point.
Grealish put England ahead in the 18th minute when Angel Gomes spun and slipped a reverse pass into the path of the winger, who slotted into the far corner past Lukas Hradecky.
Alexander-Arnold then bent a free kick from 20 metres over the wall into the top corner in the 74th before Rice tapped home substitute Ollie Watkins’ cross 10 minutes later.
Arttu Hoskonen pulled one back for Finland with an 87th minute header from a corner.
England stand-in manager Lee Carsley made six changes from the shambolic 2-1 defeat by Greece at Wembley, with captain Harry Kane back from injury. The coach also returned to a more conventional formation after his experimental lineup without a main striker against the Greeks failed miserably.
(Reporting by Lori Ewing; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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