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Follow Mail Sport's blog as England and Denmark go head-to-head in the Women's World Cup.
Thanks for joining the Mail Sport's coverage of England's win over Denmark. It wasn't pretty at times but the Lionesses got the job done.
Make sure you have a read of Kathryn Batte's report below. And catch us next time for our continued coverage of the Women's World Cup.
'We started well, we played well and scored the goal and then we had a little stage in the first half [where] we lost balls we didn't have to lose,' she said after the game.
'Then we had the horrible moment with Keira. Second half was a fight and the team showed we adapted to the new situation and we had to fight to win. I am very proud of the team.'
On Lauren James' goal she said: 'For me it doesn't matter who scores the goals. They played well, they started well and yes, LJ scored as beautiful goal.'
'Yeah definitely [it was a great feeling to score],' she told the BBC post match. 'It was a dream and something I've been thinking about but most importantly I'm happy to help us win.
'I kind of had a thought and then as soon as it hit the net it was just relief.'
On what her England team-mates said to her afterwards she said: 'They were just really happy for me and they said it before the game they had a good feeling about me. I am happy to have good people around me.'
England survive the nervy conclusion to maintain their perfect start to the World Cup. The overall performance would certainly have left plenty of food for thought for Sarina Wiegman.
But a win is a win and England edge closer to the knockout stages.
We're into stoppage time in Sydney.
The Danes are finding so much space and almost manage to string a dangerous attack together. England are hoping for hardly any added time here.
Denmark come agonisingly close to an equaliser. England looked tired and Vangsgaard nearly made them pay.
Her header bounces off the woodwork.
Hit and hope from Bronze after England's move failed to materalise. Without a second goal it's going to be a nervy few final minutes.
Beth England. Both England subs are involved as Daly's cross finds the head of England but the effort can't come down quick enough.
A coming together between a couple of Denmark players results in the game being halted for a couple of minutes. Both players involved look good to carry on.
Nicoline Sørensen for Rikke Madsen
Frederikke Thøgersen for Stine Ballisager Pedersen
Beth England for Alessia Russo
Lauren Hemp for Ella Toone
Earps is alert and tips a wayward cross round the post.
England survive the resulting corner but the game is now finely poised.
Russo has her first sight of goal today after ghosting past her defender and releasing an effort on goal. Unfortunately for England, Russo's attempt goes wide when she had options in the middle.
Amalie Vangsgaard comes on for Josefine Hasbo
Signs that Denmark are growing into the game. England are certainly helping with a couple of loose passes that have found Danish players.
Positive play from Denmark leads to their first corner of the game but England defend it well and clear.
Sloppy play from Bronze nearly cost England but Earps was alert to the pass back to her and cleared ahead of Harder.
Some good sustained play by England for the first time in this half. But there's always the threat of a Danish counter attack.
Harder does enough to stop Bronze getting a great connection on her header. The defender came steaming into meet the delivery but Denmark's star provided sufficient opposition to see the effort bounce harmlessly wide.
England are enjoying a spell of pressure and a series of corner kicks. The Lionesses have had nine in the game so far.
Thomsen's drive down the right leads to an effort for Denmark. Kuhl has the effort after receiving the ball in the area but Earps was equal to the strike.
A last ditch tackle from Greenwood saves Bright's blushes. Her intervention stopped Harder running unopposed onto the England goal.
Toone is unable to get her shot on target after a knock down from the corner finds her just inside the box.
England force a corner after a great start to the second half. The delivery caused all sorts of problems, setting up another for the Lionesses...
We're underway!
England are unchanged for the second period, aside from the enforced substitution of Walsh for Laura Coombs before the break.
No changes for Denmark.
England's Keira Walsh appeared to suffer a serious knee injury during the Women's World Cup game against Denmark.
Walsh was seen mouthing 'I've done my knee' in television pictures.
The Barcelona midfielder was left in tears as she was taken off on a stretcher during the first half of the game in Sydney.
England lead at the break but the injury to Walsh has put a considerable dampener on the performance.
We're into the four additional minutes of added time.
A few robust challenges in the game following the injury to Walsh. England have struggled to get into their rhythm following the incident
Denmark fail to capitalise on some slack play from England. Madsen snatches at a shot that fails to test Earps in the England goal.
A shell-shocked England get play back underway in Australia
Walsh leaves the field crying on a stretcher. Sad scenes for the Barcelona midfielder who looks to be the latest high profile player to suffer a serious knee injury
Doesn't look good for Keira Walsh. The midfielder tracks back and makes an interception but appears to catch her foot in the ground.
Walsh mouthed 'I've done my knee'
Lucy Bronze's looping far post header ends up on the roof of the net.
The counter attack is doing the trick for Denmark again. This time it's Pernille Harder with the effort after getting the best of her Chelsea team-mate Millie Bright.
Luckily for England Earps was well positioned to make the save.
Denmark are finally starting to grow into this one. Thomsen fails to threaten Earps after latching onto a through ball from deep.
England have lost a bit of control.
Madsen goes so close for Denmark after a wonderful turn created space in the area. Sloppy play from England led to the chance and the Lionesses are lucky to still be ahead.
The shots on goal are coming for England now. Ella Toone turns her defender inside out before going for a curling shot but it falls gratefully into the hands of the Danish stopper.
The Chelsea forward is at the centre of everything for the Lionesses. James latches onto a cross into the box but can't get enough purchase on her attempt.
Right on cue, James cuts inside after great interplay with England's front three and gets a shot away but the effort is saved
England have forced Denmark deeper and deeper but there hasn't been a great deal of goal mouth action
England continue to toy with Denmark in the early stages. The Lionesses are pushing for a second
Denmark are really struggling to cope with this England team at the moment. Daly and James are causing all sorts of problems for their opponents.
A stunner from Lauren James!
She whips a curling effort past the Denmark keeper from outside the area to give England a deserved lead.
The Lionesses have got their foot on the ball and are controlling the early proceedings. James' cross failed to find a team-mate after some incisive play but the early signs are good for England.
Denmark get us underway.
The teams are out in Sydney. Time for the national anthems.
'Sometimes when you enter a match you are underdogs and you need to perform well against a superpower such as England,' Denmark coach Lars Sondergaard said.
'It’s easier said than done, but there’s a World Cup every four years, you don’t get many of these opportunities. It would be a mortal sin not to enjoy it.
'It’s a fantastic occasion for us. We are looking forward to the game. It will be difficult as England are a very good team, European champions. We are the underdogs, but still looking forward to it and we hope that there will be a surprise.'
'We talked about ruthlessness and we also said what that is,' Weigmann said. 'We talked about coming into the final third, the crosses being right, coming into the box at the right time and we worked on that. Today looked really good actually. We’re looking forward to the game.'
'We don’t prepare just for one player,' she added on Denmark star Pernille Harder. 'Denmark is a very well organised team with a clear game plan in and out of possession. We will try to have the ball a lot and play our style, try to dominate.'
England can effectively secure their passage to the knockout stages with a win today, though they'll have to wait for the result of the later game between China and Haiti.
This is how Group D looks ahead of kick-off.
Not long left to go before the action gets underway in Sydney at 9:30.
Lauren James gets her first start of the tournament after coming on for the last half hour against Haiti. Wiegman has answered the call of many who had been calling for her to play a more prominent role in the side.
This time last year Lauren James could only dream of playing for England.
Her first season with Chelsea saw the forward play just 107 minutes of football in the Women’s Super League in six substitute appearances.
James had suffered multiple injuries before joining the Blues from Manchester United and manager Emma Hayes decided she needed a year to fully recover and build up her strength again.
Read more of Kathryn Batte's profile below
Denmark make one change from the team that beat China 1-0 in their Group D opener with Madsen replacing N Sorensen.
England fans are starting to gather in Sydney for this morning clash.
Wiegman hinted that England could make changes for Denmark after bemoaning her side's lack of 'ruthlessness' in front of goal and she has not disappointed.
Despite finishing as the WSL's top scorer last season Rachel Daly will return to the left-back position she played during last summer's EUROs.
The England boss resisted making a single change in that tournament but has already opted to shake this up.
Sarina Wiegman has decided to ring the changes, bringing in Rachel Daly and Lauren James for Lauren Hemp and Jess Carter.
Welcome to the Mail Sport's live coverage of England's World Cup clash with Denmark in Sydney.
The Lionesses got off to a winning start in their opener but they'll be hoping to capitalise on more of their opportunities against the Danes.
We'll have all the news in the build up to today's 9:30 kick-off including team news, pictures and quotes from the two managers so stay tuned!
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