England Women 3-0 Belgium: Lionesses kickstart Euro 2022 preparation with win as Rachel Daly, Chloe Kelly score

England Women began their Euro 2022 warm-ups with an impressive 3-0 win over Belgium at Molineux.

Sarina Wiegman named a strong XI for the first of three friendlies ahead of the tournament and the manager was rewarded with a stellar performance as the Lionesses brushed the side ranked 20th in the world aside.

Chloe Kelly, Rachel Daly and an own goal from goalkeeper Nicky Evrard gave England a much-welcome confidence boost with Euro 2022 just under three weeks away.

England would have been frustrated not to have opened the scoring in the first half after creating a string of opportunities.

Belgium goalkeeper Nicky Evrard was in inspirational form to deny Ellen White and Lauren Hemp, and when the shot-stopper was finally beaten by Leah Williamson’s clever dink, Sari Kees was perfectly positioned to clear off the line. Georgia Stanway also went agonisingly close, and Beth Mead had a strong case for a penalty turned away.

The Lionesses looked slightly vulnerable to the visitors’ counterattack, however, with Feli Delacauw’s off-target shot sounding the alarm.

Kelly and Daly were two of three players brought on at the break as Sarina Wiegman looked to increase the intensity and it was the former who broke the deadlock with a fortuitous, heavily-deflected strike.

It was the slice of luck England needed and deserved, and just four minutes later Daly got in on the act, arrowing a shot into the top corner after Belgium failed to clear their lines from a corner.