Grealish and Rice silence boos to fire England ahead against Ireland – live updates

Good chasing from Gordon forces Kelleher to clear it straight to Alexander-Arnold. He plays it on to Saka, who swings in an inviting cross that is just over the head of Kane.

Moments later, Alexandr-Arnold delivers a free-kick that is just over the head of Maguire.

No out-ball for Ireland at the moment, though Ogbene is trying his best.

Alexander-Arnold clips a ball over the top to Declan Rice and it results in another England corner.

Another promising England attack as Grealish slides it through to Kane. He’s tackled but it runs to Gordon, whose shot is blocked at the last and runs to Kelleher.

England are totally dominant now, with Ireland struggling to get out of there own half in the last five minutes.

The movement of Grealish and Alexander-Arnold – with the latter floating into the central areas when the ball is on the left wing, and providing width when on the right – has certainly helped England in attack.

Ogbene beats his man and delivers a cross, but Idah can only head over.

Have a look at this from England. Lovely stuff.

GOAL! And so completes the Irish nightmare.

And it’s one of England’s most brilliant goals in years.

One-touch football all round as Rice and Mainoo exchange passes, with the Arsenal man overlapping and playing another one-two, this time with Saka, before breaking free into the box and sliding a cutback across to Grealish, who sweeps it into the opposite corner for 2-0.

Saka beats Brady on the wing but his cutback is cut out. No problem though, as England regain possession quickly.

Gordon has provided plenty of threat in the first 20 minutes, and has been England main attacking outlet. Very useful when countering – that will only add to the questioning of why he was used so sparingly at Euro 2024.

Levi Colwill has been solid at left-back in the opening stages too.

Ireland try to launch a counter but Ogbene’s pass is easily cut out.

Declan Rice didn’t celebrate when he scored, so you’d imagine that that’ll provoke some interesting reaction.

England are enjoying plenty of possession now, and they look very comfortable.