North Macedonia vs England - Euro 2024 qualifier: Live score and updates as hosts take lead after debutant Rico Lewis was harshly punished by VAR, with Enis Bardhi scoring rebound after his penalty was saved

He's given it!

Roars from the home crowd.

Lewis' hand did catch Miovski but his eyes were firmly on the ball.

Very very harsh on the debutant.

North Macedonia appealing for a penalty again and the referee is totally uninterested once more.

Lewis caught a player in the face with his hand as he headed the ball clear and the VAR tells the referee to have a look at it.

Somehow Atanasov gets away without a booking for a very late chalnge on Watkins.

Not for the first time tonight.

30 minutes played here and very little to talk about other than that Rice shot off the post and that lucky escape for Maguire.

So much for 'fluid football'.

A nice ball finds Grealish on the left but once again he is dispossesed by the full-back.

Little impact from him since that early opening.

England lose the ball and it reaches Elmas on the left hand side of the box.

Harry Maguire tries to make the challenge but gets nowhere near the ball and basically pushes the forward over.

The referee waves play on and the home fans are furious.

Lots of niggly fouls from the hosts. Won't be long until the referee reaches into his pocket at this rate.

Moments later a cross from the left reaches Watkins in space in the area but he can't get enough power on the header to trouble the keeper.

England almost ahead!

Rice recieves the ball just outside the area and goes for the far corner with a low side-footed wffort which comes back off the upright.

Just needed a little more curl on that.

A long ball over the top finds Watkins who lays it off for Saka on the right.

He cuts inside but his strike is blocked by a defender. Shouts for a handball but the referee isn't interested.

Walker's cross from the right reaches Grealish at the back post but fails to make space for a shot.

North Macedonia have done well at the back over these first 10 minutes.

Not quite the fast start the visitors had been hoping for and the hosts are looking fairly lively when they do retrieve the ball...

England having a little trouble getting to grips with the surface so far.

Rice now let's the ball go under his foot and straight out of play.

England straight on the attack as Grealish plays a nice one-two with Rice on the left hand side of the box before trying to find Watkins at the near post.

He can't quite get in front of his defender to turn it home.

Kyle Walker leads the Three Lions out of the first time.

Kick-off just minutes away.

On making England squad: Goals is main thing, need to score goals but also bring different dynamic, stretching defences, pressing and bringing energy to team. Ultimately I need to score goals.

On Villa's performances: Spurs from backend last season when manager came in and taken that into this season and started strongly.

On tonight: Will get games like that, Malta made it difficult but still got win, tonight we go out there with fluid performance and a lot of goals and bring some excitement here tonight.

The players are out for the warm-ups and there's not long to go now....

Gareth Southgate's men have already secured top spot in Group C with six wins and one draw from their first seven matches.

They beat North Macedonia 7-0 in the return of this fixture and have to be fancied to end this campaign on a high.

Rico Lewis does get his chance as expected with Ollie Watkins up top.

Foden, Rice and Alexander-Arnold make up an exciting midfield with Grealish and Saka on the wings.

England will test out a new-look midfield against North Macedonia tonight that will feature Trent Alexander-Arnold, Declan Rice and Phil Foden.

Three Lions manager Gareth Southgate has previously been criticised over his reliance on choosing a more defensive midfield but is set to take the handbrake off tonight.

England captain Harry Kane is rested for this one with Ollie Watkins getting his chance to impress.

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Team news to follow with kick-off at 7.45pm.