Daniel Sturridge, Michael Mancienne and Ryan Bertrand all played in England Under 21s' draw away to Lithuania in a European Championship qualifier.

Sturridge's addition was the one change to the side that had beaten Portugal at Wembley at the weekend. Mancienne continued at right-back and although Bertrand initially made way at left-back for Kieran Gibbs to drop deeper, he came on after 21 minutes when the Arsenal youngster was forced off with an injury. Jack Cork remained on the bench.

Sturridge had a shot saved a minute later, having had two chances in the opening 10 minutes - a first-time effort blocked six yards out and then a left-foot effort that failed to hit the target. The Chelsea striker was subbed on 79 minutes.

The final score in Vilnius was 0-0 in what was a match of wasted opportunities by England Under 21s who are two points behind Greece in their qualification group. The sides meet in March.

Mancienne has now become Chelsea's record Under-21 international appearance maker. He has 22 caps at this level, moving ahead of Carlton Cole's 19 caps while with Chelsea.

Jeffrey Bruma finally conceded a goal as an Under 21 international as in the fifth game of the group stage, Netherlands allowed Spain to score. The Dutch still won 2-1 at home against a nation that had won its previous 14 group stage qualifiers. It made it five straight wins for the Dutch in this qualification stage. The 18-year-old Chelsea central defender played the whole match.  

Fabio Borini played his second Under 21 game for Italy, a 4-0 away win to Luxembourg. The 18-year-old played the full 90 minutes, his first start, but didn't find the net.

Conor Clifford also played his second game at this level having been moved up from Under 19 duty at the weekend. He entered Republic of Ireland's 4-1 defeat in Armenia at half-time when his side was a goal down. Ireland remain without a win in six games in their group.

In senior international football, Miroslav Stoch was a 69th minute sub in Slovakia's 2-1 defeat against Chile. The winger might also feature in an Under 21 qualifier tomorrow against Croatia. In the same group on Sunday, Nemanja Matic played 90 minutes of Serbia's 3-2 home win over Norwary Under 21s, keeping them within a point of Slovakia at the top.

Jacopo Sala played the first-half in midfield for Italy Under 19s in 4-0 win away to San Marino in a European Championship qualifier on Sunday. The Italians now play Ireland on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Jan Sebek was not involved in Czech Republic's Under 19 qualifier this week.  

In the third and final match of an Under 19 tournament in France, Gael Kakuta played the first 64 minutes of a 2-2 draw with Switzerland, the French having beaten Poland and drawn with Greece earlier in the week.