Raheem Sterling, Ollie Watkins, Tyrone Mings score as England beat 10-man Ivory Coast at Wembley

Raheem Sterling shone as England beat 10-man Ivory Coast 3-0 at Wembley Stadium to make it nine games unbeaten. It was a routine victory for the Three Lions under the Wembley arch to conclude a successful international camp as they continue to prepare for the 2022 Qatar World Cup later this year.

Ad/> Ollie Watkins opened the scoring after a silky England move, Jack Grealish found Manchester City colleague Sterling on the left wing, who beat his man before firing a ball across goal for Watkins to tap England ahead. Premier League'For his confidence it will be massive' — Guardiola full of praise for hat-trick hero Sterling12/02/2022 AT 20:47 The visitors found themselves down to ten men five minutes before the break, after former Tottenham Hotspur defender and Ivory Coast captain Serge Aurier was sent off for a second bookable offence.

In what seemed like a harsh second yellow card in a friendly, he did pull Watkins back and was given his marching orders. Sterling got in on the action himself on the stroke of half-time, converting at the second time of asking to double England’s lead.

He initially forced a good save out of Badra Sangare but the goalkeeper could only push the ball out as far as Grealish, who replied with a pin-point cut-back for Sterling to produce a cool finish. /> England were awarded a penalty seconds into the second period when Ivory Coast substitute Fousseny Coulibaly fouled Jude Bellingham inside the box, but the decision was overturned when VAR replays showed the defender managed a touch on the ball.

Gareth Southgate’s side failed to add to their lead until the 93rd minute when Tyrone Mings headed home from a corner. More to follow TransfersBarca keen to add Sterling to Torres capture, Chelsea plot