Postpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
England 2-1 Scotland
Emma Sanders
BBC Sport at Stadium of Light
We've seen that Lauren James curling strike so many times. You know she's going to do it, but you can't stop it.
Summary
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FT: England 2-1 Scotland - Daly header disallowed for offside before Bronze opener
Hemp doubles lead with bullet header but Hanson pulls one back
Lionesses' first match since World Cup final loss
Nations League opener for both sides
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Postpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
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England 2-1 Scotland
Not the same frantic start to this second half that ended the first 45 minutes.
Lauren James goes for a curled effort and the crowd thought that was going in but it was left by Lee Gibson and flies wide.
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England 2-1 Scotland
Rachel Daly does well down the right, she pulls back for Katie Zelem who is looking for Lucy Bronze in the box but there's a good block in there from a navy blue shirt.
'Scotland will be buoyant'published at 20:52 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
England 2-1 Scotland
Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 LiveScotland will certainly be buoyant at the start of this second half.
Sometimes when you go 2-0 down you feel completely out of it, but when it goes to 2-1 you feel that you have a chance.
You then take the momentum and feel like you may as well have a go.
Image source, ReutersKICK-OFFpublished at 20:49 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
England 2-1 Scotland
Back under way in Sunderland.
More goals?
Image source, Getty ImagesWales trailing in Icelandpublished at 20:48 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
Iceland 1-0 Wales
Over in Reykjavik Wales are taking on Iceland in Group A3 and trail 1-0 with around 10 minutes left to play.
You can follow that one here.
Postpublished at 20:46 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
HT: England 2-1 Scotland
What did we think folks? It was certainly a decent old shove on Martha Thomas.
Pen or no pen? Hit the thumbs.
'That's a penalty'published at 20:45 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
HT: England 2-1 Scotland
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright on ITV: "That's a penalty. Millie Bright has made a bad decision to go through her and that should have been a penalty.
"England went up the other end and scored, the referee had to give it."
'Scoreline a fair reflection'published at 20:44 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
HT: England 2-1 Scotland
Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 LiveEngland scored the second goal and you might have thought that it was game over.
Then they go and do the same errors as Scotland! Terrible play out of the back, not taking enough care.
All the way through the game, although England have had the vast majority of the ball, when Scotland have got into dangerous areas, they have looked as though they could be lethal.
I think the scoreline is a pretty fair reflection of that first half.
Postpublished at 20:43 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
HT: England 2-1 Scotland
Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Stadium of LightRight then, we all calmed down? Hope nobody bolted in early for a half-time pie...
Scotland are right back in this game... and they deserve to be.
That's been a fine showing against the World Cup finalists - wipe out individual errors, and who knows what could've been.
My BBC Radio Scotland colleagues are currently discussing the "hearty shove" from Millie Bright on Martha Thomas... where's VAR when you need it!?
'Bronze looks to have put World Cup behind her'published at 20:40 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
HT: England 2-1 Scotland
Karen Bardsley
Former England and Manchester City goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 LiveLucy Bronze would have been the first one to say that she wasn't happy with her performance in the World Cup final.
There was so much belief, particularly from the senior players, as the team were on the cusp of achieving something they had never done before.
But Lucy is a top professional and has put that result and performance behind her, and so far from what we have seen tonight has been really dominant from her and numerous others.
Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
HT: England 2-1 Scotland
Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Stadium of LightHELLO HANSON!
That's more like it from Scotland, and I think their first-half efforts merit a goal. And what a time to grab it.
Rachel McLauchlan will be very thankful for that, too, after a horror show minutes before...
Hanson goal stuns England crowdpublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
HT: England 2-1 Scotland
Emma Sanders
BBC Sport at Stadium of LightThat goal from Scotland came out of nowhere and completely shocked the England defence - and the crowd.
Mary Earps is absolutely livid and trudges off the pitch at half time. The Scottish players were still celebrating when the referee blew the whistle.
They didn't even bother getting into position to restart. It was literally the last kick off the half!
HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
England 2-1 Scotland
A lifeline for Scotland at the end of the first half is the last action of the opening 45 minutes!
GOAL - England 2-1 Scotlandpublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
Kirsty Hanson (45+1 mins)
Hello!
Well England playing with fire at the back and lose the ball in a dangerous area.
Claire Emslie plays a teasing ball across the box that misses everyone except Kirsty Hanson who somehow manages to trickle past Mary Earps.
What a time to score.
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
England 2-0 Scotland
Emma Sanders
BBC Sport at Stadium of LightAnother brilliant cross from Rachel Daly and a powerful header from Lauren Hemp. She's starting to get used to scoring for England having bagged a few at the World Cup. Daly jumped on Hemp's back to celebrate and almost toppled over her!
GOAL - England 2-0 Scotlandpublished at 20:32 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
Lauren Hemp (44 mins)
Another brilliant header!
Rachel Daly nips the ball away and delivers a lovely ball in towards Lauren Hemp who dives forward and it's into the back of the net.
England loving a header, tonight.
Image source, Reuters'Genius cross, brilliant goal'published at 20:31 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
England 1-0 Scotland
Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 LiveThat is the joy of playing with wing-backs isn't it?
You create overloads, defenders can't always get to them quick enough.
Then if you have someone like Lucy Bronze who is a power runner, power player, who can see along the line and time the run.
The cross was genius too from Zelem. Brilliant goal.
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England 0-0 Scotland
Ha! Lauren Hemp makes a driving run and toe pokes out to the right expecting Lucy Bronze to be there.
The defender hadn't made the run, like she often does, on this occasion.
Telepathy just not quite synced up there.
'What a run and what a header!'published at 20:28 British Summer Time 22 September 2023
England 1-0 Scotland
Karen Bardsley
Former England and Manchester City goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 LiveWhat a run! What a header!
I thought Bronze had timed it wrong, went too early and might have been offside.
But no, she bent her run perfectly and what a great header, glanced it into the side netting beyond Gibson.