JACK GREALISH owes Trent Alexander-Arnold £500 after he scored a brilliant free-kick against Finland.
The Liverpool star started in an unfamiliar left-back role in Helsinki despite looking shaky in the defeat to Greece.
But he repaid Lee Carsley‘s faith in him by whipping a free-kick into the top corner to double England‘s lead.
Grealish opened the scoring following a well-worked move in the 18th minute and he revealed he made a cheeky bet with Alexander-Arnold before his free-kick.
The Manchester City star told ITV: “I said to him obviously as a joke ‘if you score this I’ll give you £500’.
“And then he just slapped it into top bins so I owe him now. I think he’ll be saying that to me.”
Grealish, 29, celebrated his goal with a nod to the birth of his baby girl Mila.
His girlfriend Sasha gave birth to their daughter at the end of last month and Grealish celebrated by sucking his thumb.
The winger revealed his plan to mark Mila’s birth with a unique celebration before the match.
He said: “Yeah, to be fair, do you know what I’ve half thought about it for a while, I just didn’t manage to score yet.
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“Well, obviously I scored for England but in the moment just so much was going on and it being against Ireland and that I just completely forgot. So, yeah, maybe next time.”
Declan Rice was also on target for England to Helsinki as they bounced back from defeat to Greece with a 3-1 win over Finland.
