Elliott inspires Young Lions to keep title defence alive

There is something about Lee Carsley and this competition. Just when it looked like England were heading for a nervous period of extra time against the Netherlands after the goalkeeper James Beadle had been embarrassed by Noah Ohio's incredible equaliser, a stunning winner five minutes from full time by Harvey Elliott - his second goal of the evening and fourth in total in Slovakia - means the dream of winning successive European under-21 tournaments is alive and well.

- Ed Aarons

It is a reflection of what a cool customer Carsley is these days that while other members of the England bench looked shellshocked after Ohio had come off the bench to cancel out Elliott's opener, he refused to panic. But while the Liverpool forward - one of only two remaining players who featured in Georgia two years ago - was the toast of Bratislava as England's place was confirmed, his manager greeted the full-time whistle by calmly embracing his assistant, Ashley Cole. The job is clearly not done yet as Carsley attempts to emulate the feat of Dave Sexton's sides in 1982 and 1984.

With Michael Reiziger's Dutch side missing three of their best players through suspension, it was Carsley's team that took the initiative but could not find a way through until midway through the second half.

Ohio - who represented England at under-16 level after playing for both Manchester United and Manchester City's academies and is also a close friend of Jude Bellingham - briefly threatened to put a spanner in the works when he found the net from a very tight angle from more than 40 yards out after Beadle had strayed too far out of his goal.