Tottenham Hotspur hailed their superstar for scoring two goals at the international duty- the player displayed a true spurs spirit – everyone was impressed

Brennan Johnson simply can’t stop scoring as he made it seven goals in seven games with the opener for Wales in their 2-2 away draw against Iceland in the UEFA Nations League on Friday night.

Named in the starting XI alongside Ben Davies who captained the side for the 12th time, the forward – who hit six in a row for Spurs heading into October’s international break – picked up where he left off when it took him only 11 minutes to put his nation in front in Reykjavík.

Craig Bellamy’s side were 2-0 up at half-time after Harry Wilson doubled their lead just before the half-hour mark but two goals midway through the second period from Logi Tomasson and a Danny Ward own-goal saw the points shared in Group 4 of League B.

Brennan was replaced just after half-time on his 31st cap but a costly first-half yellow card means he is suspended for Wales’ next game at home to Montenegro on Monday night. Ben put in a full shift to take his tally to 89 caps.

Dejan Kulusevski led Sweden out for the third game running as his side also let a two-goal lead slip to draw 2-2 with joint group leaders Slovakia in League C.

Strikes from Yasin Ayari and Ken Sema midway through the first half put the Swedes in control before David Strelec scored either side of the break to see the points shared in Bratislava. ‘Deki’ earned his 42nd cap whilst Lucas Bergvall remained an unused substitute.

Micky van de Ven made his second start for the Netherlands and played the full 90 in Hungary as Oranje rallied late on whilst a goal and a man down to equalise through Denzel Dumfries in the 83rd minute and rescue an away point in League A.

Yves Bissouma, meanwhile, captained Mali to an important 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in Africa Cup of Nations qualification and played 89 minutes on his 35th international appearance. Pape Matar Sarr remained on the bench in Senegal’s 4-0 win over the 10-men of Malawi.

Turning to youth football, both Archie Gray and Dane Scarlett featured for England Under-21s as two late goals from James McAtee saw the Young Lions come from behind to win 2-1 against Ukraine in their European Under-21 Championship qualifier at Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium. Archie started and played 64 minutes whilst Oxford United loanee Dane – who was only promoted to the squad on Thursday (10 October) – came on with six minutes left with England trailing.

Earlier in the day, Callum Olusesi came off the bench on 78 minutes as England Under-18s lost 2-0 to Sweden in Marbella.


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