Nations League round-up: England up and running, while Spain thrash Croatia, and Scotland suffer

England got their Nations League campaign up and running with a 2-0 win over 10-man Czechia. Anthony Gordon headed the visitors, beaten 3-2 at home by Spain in their opening match in Group A3, into the lead and Harry Kane fired the second in Prague. Pavel Sulc's first-half sending-off after a VAR review of his clumsy challenge on Elliot Anderson took the sting out of the initially lively hosts and Gordon gave Thomas Tuchel's men a deserved lead early in the second half. The forward headed home a fantastic cross by Trent Alexander-Arnold, who was making his first start under Tuchel, before skipper Kane slammed home international goal number 87. Lamine Yamal scored twice as Spain made it two wins from two by thumping Croatia 4-1. Marc Pubill and Nico Williams were also on target for the world champions, with Dion Beljo replying for the visitors. New Scotland boss Sebastien Pocognoli endured a rotten Hampden Park debut as his 10-man side were dismantled 3-0 by Switzerland. Read more What can the FAI delegation expect when they face politicians in Leinster House on Wednesday? Just over a month after being appointed as Steve Clarke's successor, the 39-year-old Belgian's big night got off to the worst possible start as Jack Hendry was sent off early on for the denial of a goalscoring opportunity. Ricardo Rodriguez fired home the resulting free-kick and the Swiss went on to dominate the remainder of the match, with further goals after the break from Nico Elvedi and Zeki Amdouni. Read more Manchester City used 'sham' sponsorships in £900m scheme to flout Premier League rules Second-half goals from Sandi Lovric and Aljosa Matko gave Slovenia a 2-0 win over North Macedonia in the other game in Scotland's Group B1. In Group C1, Finland and Belarus drew 0-0 while Albania won 3-0 in San Marino. Moldova were held to a 1-1 draw at home to the Faroe Islands and Slovakia beat Kazakhstan 2-1 in Group C3 while in C4, Iceland were 3-0 winners in Luxembourg and Estonia drew 1-1 in Bulgaria.