Round-upInternationals: Mohamed Salah scores, Cody Gakpo assists and more
Mohamed Salah was on the scoresheet and Cody Gakpo claimed an assist on Friday – read our round-up of all the latest international involvement for Liverpool players.
In Egypt’s 2-0 victory over Mauritania in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, Salah doubled their advantage 11 minutes from the end in Cairo.
Finding space at the back post to meet a cross from the left-hand side, the forward tucked a finish past the goalkeeper to follow up an opener from Trezeguet.
In the UEFA Nations League, Dominik Szoboszlai’s Hungary drew 1-1 with a Netherlands team featuring Ryan Gravenberch, Gakpo and Virgil van Dijk in the starting XI.
A Roland Sallai goal put the home side ahead in Budapest – where Van Dijk was dismissed in the second half for two quickfire yellow cards – but Denzel Dumfries headed in Gakpo’s free-kick to equalise late on.
In Reykjavik, Lewis Koumas, who is currently on loan at Stoke City, was an unused substitute for Wales’ 2-2 Nations League draw with Iceland.
Overnight, Luis Diaz completed 78 minutes of Colombia’s 1-0 defeat by Bolivia in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying, while Alexis Mac Allister was an unused substitute for Argentina in their 1-1 draw against Venezuela.
Both Tyler Morton and Jarell Quansah were in the England U21s line-up for a 2-1 comeback win against their Ukraine counterparts in U21 European Championship qualifying.
In the same preliminaries, on-loan Calvin Ramsay was a late introduction from the bench for Scotland U21s as they were beaten 2-0 at home to Belgium.
Academy forward Keyrol Figueroa, meanwhile, started as USA U19s claimed a 4-1 friendly win over Sweden.
Trey Nyoni and Carter Pinnington were involved for England U18s in a 2-0 loss against Sweden in Marbella. Pinnington started the game and went on to play 69 minutes, while Nyoni was sent on from the bench just before the hour mark.
And, in the early hours of Saturday in further South American World Cup qualifying, Darwin Nunez completed the full match for Uruguay in a narrow 1-0 defeat by Peru.
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