Crowd trouble sours England’s perfect 10

Lithuania 0 England 3: England made it a perfect 10 with a beating in the Baltic, but their record-breaking achievement was marred by fighting between the visiting fans and their Lithuanian counterparts.

Goals from Ross Barkley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, as well as an own goal from Lithuania stopper Giedrius Arlauskis, meant Roy Hodgson’s men ended their pristine Euro 2016 qualification campaign with a 3-0 win.

“I’m very proud of the players ’ performance,” said Hodgson. “The quality of our play was good and to get 10 wins out of 10 is never easy so we’ve got to take pride in it.”

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