The Young Lions defeated Northern Ireland 3-0 at Goodison Park, with Harvey Elliott taking center stage after Tyler Morton, who was on loan from Liverpool to Hull, started the scoring with his first for the England U21s.

Harvey Elliott of Liverpool lit up Goodison Park on Tuesday as the England U21 team easily defeated Northern Ireland 3-0.

Tyler Morton, a Reds teammate who is on loan at Hull, opened the score with the team’s first goal. They now sit second in Group F, three points behind Ukrаine, who triumphed 1-0 over Azerbaijan.

When the two compete in October’s penultimate game, which increasingly appears like a straight shootout for the group win, the Young Lions find themselves in the unusual situation of having to catch up.

It is clearly a chase they can achieve and, while boss Lee Carsley will sаy otherwise, the last game with his youngsters until March was a stroll after they dominated from the off, the gulf in class obvious.

Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite, captain on home turf, was the first to waste a decent opening when he failed to connect with Tino Livramento’s knock-back as England struggled to find an early way past the robust Northern Ireland backline, marshalled by Ruairi McConville and Michael Forbes.