Lucy Bronze and Lauren Hemp scored for the hosts, while Kirsty Hanson found the back of the net for the visitors before going off injured.
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Key events
- 25′: Rachel Daly appears to have opened the scoring for England, but the goal is ruled out for an offside call on Chloe Kelly.
- 39′: Lucy Bronze gives England a 1-0 lead, heading home a brilliant cross from Katie Zelem.
- 45′: Lauren Hemp doubles England’s lead, her header finishing off a Daly cross.
- 45+2′: Kirsty Hanson scrambles a loose ball home with the final kick of the first half to halve Scotland’s deficit to 2-1.
What’s next?
Both teams play their next Nations League match on Tuesday.
England travel to Utrecht to take on group co-leaders Netherlands, while Scotland return to Glasgow to host Belgium.
Daly: ‘We got the three points that we needed’
Rachel Daly spoke to the BBC after the win: “It was a typical rivalry game, England versus Scotland. Two teams in very different positions in terms of coming off the back of the summer.
“Scotland are a fantastic team, we knew that heading into the game. They’ve got some great technical players and work really well as a team. We knew that it was going to be difficult, but we got the three points that we needed. We take…
