Belgium will be ‘shaking in boots’ ahead of Wales game in Cardiff – Sorba Thomas

Sorba Thomas believes Belgium will be “shaking in their boots” at the prospect of playing Wales in Cardiff.

Belgium inflicted Craig Bellamy’s first defeat as Wales head coach with an extraordinary 4-3 World Cup qualifying victory in Brussels on Monday.

The Red Devils, ranked eighth in the world, let slip a three-goal lead before Kevin De Bruyne spared home blushes with an 88th-minute winner.

The return fixture is in Cardiff on October 13 and new Stoke signing Thomas said of Belgium: “That’s a team that is top 10. People will say ‘little old Wales’ but we took the game to them.

“They’re going to be shaking in their boots when they come to Cardiff to play us. We’re hungry, we’re a young group.

“I felt when it went to 3-3 it was in our hands. But it’s a devastating game, football is a horrible sport sometimes. (Against) top 10 in the world and we feel we should have walked away with a win.”

Wales seemed to be heading for a humiliating night when Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans and Jeremy Doku struck inside the opening 27 minutes.

There was a party atmosphere inside the King Baudouin Stadium as home supporters began a Mexican wave.

Thomas said: “Them behaving like that put it down to the pitch. The players got relaxed and we punished that.

“They might have been doing the Mexican wave but they weren’t doing it when it went to 3-3.

“They’re entitled to do what they want, but we deal with what’s on the pitch. The whole game shifted.

Your @EE Player of the Match after his first Cymru goal, @SorbaThomas