Three's a magic number as Lionesses silence Matildas

England returned to winning ways in the second game of their homecoming tour with a 3-0 victory over 10-player Australia at a sold-out Pride Park in Derby.

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Australia were out for revenge following their World Cup semifinal loss to the Lionesses a couple of years ago but England cruised to a win and a first clean sheet in six.

England were looking to bounce back from their defeat to Brazil just three days ago and they did it in commanding style against the Matildas, who played the majority of the contest without Alanna Kennedy after her red card.

Sarina Wiegman’s side have been accused of starting slowly recently but they could not be faulted this time in a first half dominated purely by the two-time European champions with goals from Aggie Beever-Jones and Lucy Bronze, on her 34th birthday.

A celebratory evening was rather marred as striker Michelle Agyemang was taken off the field on a stretcher after she went down clutching her knee before Georgia Stanway rounded off victory with a late penalty.