Leicester City’s Demarai Gray was a second half substitute as the England Under-21s recovered from Friday’s defeat to Germany with a 4-0 rout of Denmark on Monday night.
The City winger, who recently featured during 3-1 victories over Liverpool and Hull City, has been in stellar form this season and was impressive again for Aidy Boothroyd’s men at the AutoC Park Randers Stadium just three months ahead of the U21 EURO tournament in Poland this summer.
Solly March and Cauley Woodrow strikes were bookended by a brace from Chelsea youngster Ruben Loftus-Cheek in Randers. Gray almost got himself on the scoresheet in the 77th minute, too, only to fire high and wide - but he remained a threat throughout his 29-minute cameo in Scandinavia.
Enterprising full-back Ben Chilwell also travelled to Denmark after playing a full 90 minutes during the 1-0 reverse to Germany on Friday evening. However, he did not feature this time around for the young Lions with Boothroyd, the former Watford and Coventry City manager, evaluating his squad.
Elsewhere, the exhibition friendly match between Nigeria and Burkina Faso, scheduled to take place at Barnet’s The Hive Stadium on Monday, was abandoned meaning Ahmed Musa and Wilfred Ndidi will return to Leicester in the coming days ahead of clashes against Stoke City and Sunderland.