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Harvey Elliott surpassed two England internationals with a huge goal in their European Under-21 Championship final win. The Liverpool star opened the scoring with just five minutes on the clock in the 3-2 extra-time victory against Germany. Elliott was on an excellent run of form during the tournament and extended his goal tally in Slovakia to five. But his latest strike also saw him outdo two former Young Lions. Now on 14 goals for the England U21s, he has overtaken Alan Shearer and Francis Jeffers to go second in the all-time rankings. The respective ex-Newcastle and ex-Arsenal stars netted 13 times each in their youth days before promotion to the senior side. Only Eddie Nketiah has scored more than Elliott with 16 goals in 17 appearances from 2018 to 2021. Elliott has also become the second England player to score five times at the U21 Championships after Mark Hateley in 1984, who netted six. Furthermore, his 11 total appearances is more than any Three Lions star at any level. England's night got even better shortly before the half-hour mark as Omari Hutchinson fired in through the legs of Atubolu to make it 2-0. However, Germany pulled one back just before half-time courtesy of Nelson Weiper before Paul Nebel made it 2-2. Jonathan Rowe came off the bench to restore the lead for England with a glancing header at the beginning of extra-time. At full-time, Lee Carsley's side celebrated their second consecutive U21 Euros title. England last won back-to-back tournaments in 1982 and 1984 against West Germany and Spain respectively. They have gone third in the all-time winners' chart behind Spain and Italy, who are both on five titles. Goalscorer Elliott and Charlie Cresswell have joined Danny Thomas in being the only England players to win two U21 Euros titles. © 2025 talk SPORT Limited
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