England U21 7-0 Luxembourg U21: Madueke, Rogers and Iling-Junior score twice
Chelsea winger Noni Madueke extended his impressive scoring spree to five goals in six matches with a double in a 7-0 victory over Luxembourg as England Under-21s strengthened their position in their European Championship qualifying group.
Former Chelsea academy graduate Samuel Iling-Junior, now at Juventus, scored his first two goals at this level, Borussia Dortmund's Jamie Bynoe-Gittens also registered his maiden strike and Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers scored two after coming off the bench at Bolton's Toughsheet Community Stadium.
Lee Carsley's side took their total to 12 goals in five days after routing Azerbaijan on Friday and victory took them level with Ukraine on 18 points, eight points clear of third-placed Serbia.
However, they remain second despite a goal difference which is 14 better due to the defeat to the Group F leaders in October.
The visitors set up with damage limitation in mind but were 2-0 down by half-time and picked off at will after the break as England's superior quality prevailed.
Goalkeeper Sam Tickle made his debut after James Trafford was called up to the senior side but apart from Fabio Lohei and Ivan Englaro both hitting the post in the second half, the home fans' pantomime boos for his Wigan connections were more uncomfortable for him than Luxembourg's non-existent attack.
Madueke, Harvey Elliott, James McAtee and Taylor Harwood-Bellis were the only players to retain their places from Baku, highlighting the depth of talent Carsley has at his disposal, and the benefit of retaining the first two in particular made a significant impact.
But Iling-Junior, as a marauding left-back, also impressed as his pace to get around the visitors' five-man defence caused major problems.
Jay Stansfield,
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