England held by 10-woman Norway but finish year unbeaten

Goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck's error allowed 10-woman Norway to come from behind to draw 1-1 with England, although the Lionesses still finished the calendar year unbeaten. England had taken the lead in the first half at the Pinatar Arena in Spain through Rachel Daly but Sarina Wiegman's side were unable to finish the year with a victory.

Despite Anja Sonstevold being sent off for a second yellow card offence, Norway equalised when Roebuck made a catastrophic misjudgement as she came out of the box but failed to clear the ball, allowing Frida Maanum to slot in the equaliser. Last time the sides met in the Euros over the summer, England ran out 8-0 winners to secure qualification from their group and serve notice of their tournament-winning quality - but Norway offered a much tougher challenge in November.

Since then, Norway have employed former England interim head coach Hege Riise and their tactics saw them sit deep against the England attack, who enjoyed most of the early possession but struggled to create significant openings. It was Norway who had the best of the early chances in the 22nd minute when debutant Maya Le Tissier was beaten, allowing Emile Haavi to break down the left, but Guro Reiten's shot was just wide of the goal.

Lauren James also had an opportunity to break through when she shot from distance following a clever Kiera Walsh one-two, but her effort was straight at the Norway goalkeeper. England broke the deadlock just after the half-hour mark when Daly headed past the goalkeeper.