Defeat For United Duo

Manchester United's Dutch
players suffered a shock 2-0
defeat as the Netherlands lost to
fast-improving Iceland in Group
A of the Euro 2016 qualifiers.
Robin van Persie captained the
side and Daley Blind also played
the full 90 minutes as the World
Cup semi-finalists were beaten
in Reykjavik. Swansea City star
Gylfi Sigurdsson converted a
10th-minute penalty and
doubled the advantage before the
break.

Van Persie had a shot blocked
following an Arjen Robben pass
and moments later Blind's
centre led to Robben spurning
another decent chance when he
headed wide just before the half-
hour mark.

Although firing over the bar five
minutes after the break, the
skipper was unable to inspire his
troops on a disappointing night
for the Dutch. Blind supplied a
couple of dangerous crosses as
the visitors chased a comeback,
one of which just failed to find a
clean connection from van Persie
after an Iceland defender
partially intervened.

This was the second defeat in
the opening three qualifying
games for Guus Hiddink's
charges, who had to come from
behind to beat Kazakhstan in
their only win so far on Friday.
Elsewhere, United's Marouane
Fellaini was introduced for the
final 12 minutes as Belgium
drew 1-1 at Bosnia-Herzegovina
in Zenica. Manchester City
striker Edin Dzeko's opener was
cancelled out by Radja
Nainggolan in the Group B
fixture with the Reds' Adnan
Januzaj remaining on the bench.