Grace Moloney (Sunderland)

Could do nothing about Tessa Wullaert’s beautifully struck first goal but, just like on Friday, she was chipped by the Belgian captain for the second when she and Caitlin Hayes got their wires hopelessly crossed. Rating: 5

Aoife Mannion (Newcastle)

Came close enough to giving Ireland the lead after the mayhem that followed a first-half Katie McCabe corner, but for much of the rest of the game she was kept busy with the threat of Jarne Teulings down the left. Got caught out by Laura Deloose down that wing when she set up Belgium’s opener. Rating: 6

Jessie Stapleton (Nottingham Forest)

No more than the rest of her defensive colleagues, she was given a torrid enoug

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