Bellingham grabs 2-2 draw for England against Belgium

LONDON :Jude Bellingham struck in stoppage time to earn an impressive England a 2-2 Wembley draw with Belgium on Tuesday after a Youri Tielemans double had threatened a smash and grab victory in an entertaining friendly.

Tielemans put the visitors ahead after 11 minutes with Ivan Toney equalising with a penalty soon after, before Tielemans headed Belgium into a 2-1 halftime lead.

It was harsh on England, who looked unrecognisable in approach from the side beaten by Brazil on Saturday, and they fully deserved their last-gasp equaliser.

"I knew the rubbish we would've got if we had lost two games on the bounce," Bellingham said.

"We should be winning with all the chances we've made but these are two games that will stand us in good stead. I know people will be negative but we have to take the positives.

"I'm sure the manager will be happy with how we played. You're never happy with a loss or a draw but we have to be happy with how we played."

The match between third-ranked England and their fourth-ranked opponents had a completely different feel to Saturday's flat affair, where England barely mustered a shot against Brazil and the tone was set after 20 seconds when Toney fired over from a Jarrod Bowen cross.

Belgium, sporting a bizarre kit of light blue shirts and brown shorts against England’s charcoal grey, went ahead when a mis-hit clearance by Jordan Pickford went straight to Amadou Onana and then fell for Tielemans who stroked it into the empty net.

England hit back from the penalty spot within six minutes after Jan Vertonghen brought down Toney and the Brentford striker marked his first start with his first goal via his trademark two stride approach.

With his rivals as back up to the injured Harry Kane failing to make much of