Belgium beat their fellow World Cup hopefuls Egypt with an assured 3-0 win in Brussels. Sticking with a three-man defence the Belgians, who are in Group G, the same as England, showed more cutting edge than in their goalless draw against Portugal on Saturday.
Romelu Lukaku, favoured as starting striker over Michy Batshuayi, thumped home from close range in the 27th minute, after Egypt’s 45-year-old keeper Essam El-Hadary spilled from Eden Hazard.
Hazard then made it 2-0 11 minutes later after Yannick Carrasco cut the ball back from the goal-line before Batshuayi, on for Lukaku, set up Marouane Fellaini for the third in stoppage time to complete a sixth straight game without a win for Egypt, who were without the recuperating Mohamed Salah.
