World Cup Qualifying: Wales 5 - 1 Belarus

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Wales celebrated Gareth Bale's 100th cap with a fantastic victory over Belarus to move to second place in their World Cup qualifying group.

Aaron Ramsey put Wales ahead in the second minute before Bale set up Neco Williams to score with a low shot which Belarus keeper Sergei Chernik should have saved.

Bale was taken off at half-time as he made his first appearance after two months out injured. Ramsey extended the hosts' lead with a second-half penalty.

Ben Davies then scored his first international goal and, after Artem Kontsevoi whipped in a superb 20-yard strike for Belarus, Connor Roberts flicked in from a free-kick for Wales' fifth.

Highlights

You can watch the highlights of the match in the video below

More reaction

The interim Wales manager Rob Page spoke with great pride about Gareth Bale: “He is so humble, he appreciates his teammates and I thought that was a real touch of class. In the changing room, the boys acknowledged [his achievement] with a round of applause.”

Bale tweeted: "100 up! Special feeling to wear this shirt."

Elsewhere in international football

France 8 - 0 Kazakhstan

Kylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick for France as the reigning world champions secured their place at next year's World Cup in Qatar in style by thrashing Kazakhstan. Mbappe got four of the eight goals. His first three came in the opening 30 minutes.

Montenegro 2 - 2 Netherlands

The outcome of World Cup qualifying Group G is still in the balance. The Netherlands had looked set to secure progress with a game to spare thanks to a Memphis Depay double.

The Barcelona striker fired into the corner in the first half before scoring a clever backheel after the break. Ilija Vukotic pulled one back for the home side before Nikola Vujnovic headed in.

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