Belgium upset England in women's Nations League

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Spain remained top of Group A3 after thumping Portugal 7-1, while European champions England lost 3-2 in Belgium. In Vigo, world champions Spain started fast as Salma Paralluelo opened the scoring in two minutes.

Aitana Bonmati, Alexia Putellas, Mariona Caldentey and Esther Gonzalez all scored to complete Spain's rout, as Pina Fonseca bagged a consolation for the visitors with 19 minutes remaining.

"We have seen a lot of positive things," said Spain coach Montse Tome. "I would highlight the goalscoring ability, with fewer shots, we managed to score a lot of goals. The team's collective play was very good and this materialised in goals."

England sit two points behind Spain after they were shocked by Belgium. Sarina Wiegman's side had beaten the same opponents 5-0 in Bristol four days earlier but after making multiple changes for the return fixture, they sank to their first defeat of the campaign.

"It's disappointing and we have made it a lot harder for ourselves," England captain Leah Williamson told ITV. "We started too slow, and we didn't adapt too quickly, and we didn't hurt them enough.

"We still have two games to go. We should be winning this game, that's why we are frustrated." Belgium raced into a 3-0 lead inside 30 minutes in Leuven as Tessa Wullaert grabbed a brace either side of a Justine Vanhaevermaet header.

Beth Mead pulled one back from the penalty spot for the away side on 35 minutes and Michelle Agyemang set up a grandstand finish with an 81st-minute goal, but Belgium held firm to pick up their first points of the competition.