Christian Eriksen double sees Denmark sink Wales
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Updated 09/09/2018 at 18:30 GMT
Two goals from Christian Eriksen gave Denmark a 2-0 win over Wales in Aarhus.
Denmark's Christian Eriksen and Denmark's goalie Kasper Schmeichel celebrate winning 2-0 after the Nations League football match between Denmark and Wales on September 9, 2018 at Ceres Park Stadium in Aarhus, Denmark.
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It is Wales' first defeat in the Nations League, and they were unfortunate to concede a penalty when Ethan Ampadu was harshly penalised for a handball from Viktor Fischer's cross on 62 minutes.
Eriksen slammed home the killer second to condemn the visitors to defeat.
Spurs' playmaker Eriksen had opened the scoring for the home team with a low drive on 32 minutes as the Danes continued their impressive form after reaching the last 16 at the World Cup finals where they lost on penalties to losing finalists Croatia.
Wales had been on a high after defeating Ireland 4-1 in their first game of the tournament on Thursday.
But they were given a technical lesson from Denmark, who were at full strength after several of their senior players had boycotted the 3-0 friendly loss in Slovakia over commercial rights.
MATCH STATS
- Wales have lost a competitive fixture away from home for the first time since a 0-2 defeat to Bosnia & Herzegovina back in October 2015.
- Denmark are now unbeaten in each of their last 11 home matches in all competitions (W5 D6) since a 0-1 loss to Montenegro back in October 2016.
- Denmark have kept seven clean sheets in their last nine home matches, conceding just two goals in that time.
- Wales have failed to score in three of their last four games in all competitions (W1 D1 L2), as many instances as in their previous 13 such matches.
- Ryan Giggs has lost two of his first five matches in charge (W2 D1), as many defeats as Wales suffered in the previous 12 games prior to his appointment (P12 W4 D6 L2).
- Since Mark Hughes’ win in Belarus back in September 1999, each of the last five Wales managers have lost their first competitive match away from home (also John Toshack, Brian Flynn, Gary Speed and Chris Coleman).
- Christian Eriksen has been directly involved in 20 goals in his last 18 appearances for Denmark (15 goals, 5 assists).
- Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey conceded a goal from the penalty spot in a competitive fixture for the Dragons for the first time
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