World Cup roundup: Denmark thrash Moldova to keep up perfect record

England moved another step closer to World Cup qualification as Gareth Southgate marked five years in the dugout with a predictably comfortable victory against minnows Andorra.
World Cup roundup: Denmark thrash Moldova to keep up perfect record

Referee Kateryna Monzul awards a penalty to England after Jack Grealish (left) is brought down at Estadi Nacional in Andorra. 

Denmark maintained their 100% record in World Cup qualifying Group F, with a 4-0 win in Moldova on Saturday. Andreas Skov Olsen opened the scoring before Simon Kjær added a penalty. Christian Norgaard and Joakim Mæhle were also on target. Austria won 2-0 in the Faroe Islands to keep up their slim hopes of overtaking Scotland, who beat Israel 3-2 in a Hampden Park thriller.

First-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk gave Ukraine a 2-1 win over Finland in Group D. The West Ham forward Yarmolenko put the visitors ahead less than five minutes after kick-off when he drove home from 20 yards past the Finnish goalkeeper. Norwich City’s Teemu Pukki levelled for Finland in the 29th minute but Ukraine regained the lead minutes later with a goal from Yaremchuk.

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