City Stars Impress On International Duty

- Andy King's Wales took a stride towards World Cup qualification on Tuesday
- A 2-0 victory over Moldova puts them above Republic of Ireland in Group D
- Demarai Gray also scored as England's U21s overcame Latvia at Vitality Stadium
- Midfielder Daniel Amartey featured for Ghana in a 5-1 win against Congo 

After becoming the first player to reach 40 international caps while at the Club on Saturday, King helped Wales defeat Moldova to edge above Republic of Ireland in European Group D.

Hal Robson-Kanu and Aaron Ramsey struck inside the last 10 minutes in Chișinău to secure a hugely significant result, one which puts Wales in pole position to book a Play-Off berth.

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Andy King

King in action for Wales in Moldova.

Earlier in the day, Amartey played the full 90 minutes as Ghana ran out as comfortable 5-1 victors over Congo in African Group E. They are now within two points of Uganda in second.

Richmond Boakye's double was added to by a Thomas Partey hat-trick in Brazzaville to give the Black Stars renewed hope of being able to reach next summer’s World Cup in Russia.

Gray, meanwhile, scored a spectacular goal as England’s Under-21s booked a 3-0 UEFA EURO U21 qualifying success against Latvia at Vitality Stadium.

After just 13 minutes on the south coast, the skillful Foxes winger cut inside his man and curled it into the far corner before Tammy Abraham and Kasey Palmer also scored later on.

City team-mate Ben Chilwell, on the other hand, was an unused substitute for Aidy Boothroyd's men.

Elsewhere, new loan signing Aleksandar Dragović was among the starters for Austria in a 1-1 draw with Georgia. As a result, they are now five points adrift of second place Wales.

In Constantine, Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani, a 73rd minute sub, were unable to prevent Algeria from suffering a 1-0 loss to Zambia, with Patson Daka's solitary strike sealing matters.

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Riyad Mahrez

Riyad Mahrez has been a consistent performer for Algeria.

Shinji Okazaki featured for more than an hour for Japan, who have already qualified, but it was Saudi Arabia who emerged as 1-0 victors in Jeddah.

However, it was a more profitable evening for the representatives of the Club's Development Squad with goalkeeper Daniel Iversen appearing for Denmark U21s in a 6-0 rout of Lithuania.

Midfielder George Thomas followed up his goal-scoring display for Wales U20s at the weekend with another impressive outing in a 2-0 win over Portugal.

Finally, Academy Player of the Season Alex Pascanu was key once again for the Romania U21s in a 1-1 draw with Switzerland in Ovidiu.