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England charged over crowd trouble during Euro 2016 qualifier with Lithuania

Lithuania have also been charged by Uefa over the disturbances

Wednesday 14 October 2015 10:56 BST

Riot police separate the fans in Vilnius (twitter.com/hirstclass)

Uefa has charged England and Lithuania over crowd disturbances at the Euro 2016 qualifier in Vilnius on Monday.

Disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the Football Association and the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) over the trouble which broke out in a section of the crowd just before kick-off.

The LFF has also been charged over breaches of ticketing rules - it appeared some England fans without tickets gained access to sections reserved for home supporters - and for having blocked stairways.

Lithuania vs England player ratings

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Jack Butland: 7 out of 10

Hardly saw the ball in the first half, but reacted well when faced with Spalvis’ shot with the score 1-0 – making a fine one-handed save to deny the Lithuania striker – before dealing with Slivka’s chipped free-kick in the second half.

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Kyle Walker: 6 out of 10

Had a couple of disappointing moments on the ball when defending and attacking, but combined well with Oxlade-Chamberlain in the second half to set up the Arsenal man for his goal.

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Phil Jones: 6 out of 10

Was solid alongside Jagielka in the heart of England’s defence although the duo were never really tested.

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Phil Jagielka: 6 out of 10

Performed well on his first outing as England captain, marshalling his back line well despite the lack of cutting edge from Lithuania’s forwards.

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Kieran Gibbs: 6 out of 10

The left-back was never really threatened down his flank and regularly moved forwards to help England build their attacks, exemplified when he cut inside to set up Vardy on the stroke of half time.

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Jonjo Shelvey: 5 out of 10

The Swansea midfielder was involved in some of England’s attacks, but didn’t really have any trouble containing Lithuania’s midfielders in front of the defence.

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: 8 out of 10

After a quiet first half, the Arsenal winger sprang into action in the second period after scoring England’s third of the night and nearly creating another with his fine pass to Kane minutes earlier.

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Adam Lallana: 6 out of 10

Set up England’s second goal with his neat flick to Kane and linked up well several times with the England striker. Was replaced by Alli in the 66th minute but enjoyed a good game.

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Ross Barkley: 8 out of 10

Started the game further back but proved the difference after scoring a superb goal in the 28th minute to give England the lead before testing Arlauskis with a fine header in the second half. Was replaced by Townsend with 20 minutes to go.

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Jamie Vardy: 5 out of 10

Endured a disappointing night in Vilnius after allowing Novikovas to get past him too easily to test Butland with a shot and – after being set up by Gibbs – opting to go for goal instead of finding a team-mate. Was shown a yellow card for encroachment with 10 minutes to go.

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Harry Kane: 7 out of 10

Looked bright throughout the game and tested Arlauskis with several early chances before he set up Barkley for the opener. The striker’s good work on the ball ended in England taking a 2-0 lead - although his goal was officially given as an own goal – and should have made it 3-0 before being taken off. Still, a positive game for the Spurs star.

The cases will be dealt with by the Uefa's control, ethics and disciplinary body on October 22.

The FA said the disturbances did not involve England supporters who were in the official area or who had bought tickets from the FA.

An FA spokesman said: "We were naturally concerned to witness scenes of disorder in Lithuania. However, we must be clear that these incidents did not happen within the official England Supporters Travel Club area, where supporters who had bought tickets from the FA were housed.

"We would encourage the authorities to identify anybody involved in disorder and deal with them appropriately through the criminal system and with banning orders. We will, of course, fully co-operate with UEFA."

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