To be fair, Albania didn’t put a shot on the goal yesterday.
To also be fair, Nick Pope has never allowed a goal in an England uniform (unless I’m really misunderstanding something).
The Burnley keeper turned in another clean sheet in England’s victory yesterday. Here’s the rest of the roundup from Clarets in the wild this weekend:
Ireland
Ireland took a bad, surprising loss from Luxembourg. Robbie Brady played the second half. Kevin Long is out of all three World Cup qualifiers these two weeks due to injury.
Iceland
Iceland took a not-great loss from Armenia. Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson started and played most of the match. Didn’t score. Nobody scored for Iceland.
Czech Republic
Matěj Vydra came off the bench late for the Czechs, and while he didn’t score, his team did notch a nice point against group favorite Belgium.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland wasn’t in World Cup Qualifying action, but they did play a friendly against the good ol’ U.S.A. Bailey Peacock-Farrell had the day off.
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Next matches (closing out this set of three):
- The Czech Republic visits Wales tomorrow (Tuesday). 2:45 PM EDT. ESPN+.
- Northern Ireland hosts Bulgaria on Wednesday. 2:45 PM EDT. ESPN+.
- England hosts Poland on Wednesday. 2:45 PM EDT. ESPN2.
- Iceland visits Liechtenstein on Wednesday. 2:45 PM EDT. ESPN+.
- Ireland plays Qatar in a friendly tomorrow (Tuesday).
