World Cup Qualifiers: Portugal Edge Hungary, England Dominate Serbia

Portugal earned a 3-2 victory at Hungary in their World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, with Joao Cancelo scoring a late winner, two minutes after the hosts had equalised, to put them in control at the top of Group F with two away wins from two.

The visitors had come from behind to lead thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty but almost let the three points slip when conceding late on before Cancelo’s goal rescued the win to add to their 5-0 success in Armenia on Saturday.

The Republic of Ireland are bottom of the group after two games, following the earlier 2-1 loss in Armenia, on one point, behind third-placed Hungary on goals scored.

Hungary took the lead in the 21st minute when Barnabas Varga met Zsolt Nagy’s inch-perfect cross into the box with a header which went in off the upright,before Portugal drew level 15 minutes later through Bernardo Silva’s close-range effort.

portugal went in front after Varga handballed a Ronaldo flick-on in the area, and the 40-year-old buried his spot kick into the bottom corner.

Hungary, who drew 2-2 away to ireland on Saturday, looked to have done the same in Budapest when Varga headed his second of the night six minutes from time but the hosts were unable to hold on.

Two minutes later, Cancelo struck a first-time shot from outside the area after a Bernardo Silva pass to leave Portugal top of the group standings on six points.

England took a huge step towards automatic qualification with captain Harry Kane paving the way for a crushing 5-0 victory away to main Group K rivals Serbia.

criticised for a laboured home win over Andorra at the weekend, England produced their best display under Thomas Tuchel to take full advantage of a timid serbia display and maintain their 100% record in the group without conceding a goal.

Kane headed England’s opener from Declan Rice’s corner in the 33rd minute and minutes later Noni madueke scored his first senior international goal to double the lead.

Seven minutes after the break it was Ezri Konsa’s turn to open his England account and put the visitors in cruise control with a close-range finish.

Serbia’s night went from bad to worse when Nikola Milenkovic was sent off in the 73rd minute for a foul on kane and from Rice’s resulting free kick Marc Guehi arrived to make it 4-0.

Substitute Marcus Rashford rounded it off with a late penalty after a foul on Ollie Watkins as England moved to 15 points from five games and a seven-point lead over Albania.