Ireland U21 beats England U21 as Lonergan scores twice

DUBLIN (Interstat) — On Tuesday, Ireland U21 defeated England U21 3-1 in a global football match. Tom Lonergan scored twice, Conor McManus added a goal, and Tyler Dibling scored for England U21. Dibling gave England U21 a seventh-minute lead, but Lonergan leveled in the 22nd and McManus put Ireland U21 ahead in the 39th. Lonergan added his second in the 63rd. Rory Finneran and T. Kone-Doherty provided assists. Lonergan finished with two goals in 82 minutes, McManus scored once in 63 minutes, and Dibling scored once in 82 minutes. McCarthy was booked in the 26th minute and Mfuni in the 28th. England U21 made substitutions involving Nwaneri, King, Cozier-Duberry, Peck and Dibling. Ireland U21 used McManus, Kone-Doherty, Mullins and Lonergan off the bench. The result leaves England U21 with 0 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in the competition and across all competitions. Ireland U21 has 1 win and 0 losses in both. England U21 previously drew 0-0 with Slovakia U21.