England beat Finland 3-1 in Nations League Group B2 match

By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp

ANKARA (AA) — England beat Finland 3-1 in the sides' UEFA Nations League Group B2 match on Sunday.

English midfielder Jack Grealish's low finish brought the lead to the visitors in the 18th minute at Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold's well-taken curled freekick found the net in minute 74.

Midfielder Declan Rice poked in the low cross of Ollie Watkins in the 84th minute to make it 3-0 for England. Just three minutes later, Arttu Hoskonen netted the only goal of the hosts with a header.

- Greece win 4 out of 4

In the group's other match, Greece won their fourth victory out of four games by beating Republic of Ireland 2-0.

Midfielder Takos Bakasetas brought the lead to the hosts in the 48th minute at Piraeus' Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis.

Greek midfielder Petros Mantalos declared the final score of 2-0 with his minute-91 goal.

With nine points, England are just behind leaders Greece with 12 points, while Republic of Ireland are in third with three points and Finland at the bottom of the group with no points in four games.

- Sunday's Nations League Results:

Kazakhstan vs. Slovenia: 0-1

Armenia vs. North Macedonia: 0-2

Finland vs. England: 1-3

Liechtenstein vs. Gibraltar: 0-0

Malta vs. Moldova: 1-0

Austria vs. Norway: 5-1

Faroe Islands vs .Latvia: 1-1

Greece vs. Republic of Ireland: 2-0