Belgium 5-0 Cyprus: United Fellaini continues fine form with double as Wilmots' side secure easy victory

Marouane Fellaini struck twice as Belgium moved within three points of Euro 2016 Group B qualifying leaders Wales with a 5-0 thumping of Cyprus on Saturday.

After a win and two draws from their first three matches.
Belgium knew the pressure was on to produce a performance
befitting a side ranked fourth in the world.
'The players enjoyed themselves and knew what to do. Yes,
I'm satisfied,' Belgian coach Marc Wilmots told reporters.
The hosts, who reached the quarter-finals of last year's
World Cup, were 2-0 up at halftime although they could
easily have been four or five ahead against a packed but
often porous Cypriot defence.
Manchester United midfielder Fellaini opened Belgium's
account midway through the first half after the visitors
failed to clear a corner. A cross by Eden Hazard then set up
Christian Benteke to make it 2-0 in the 35th minute.
Fellaini found the top corner with a perfectly placed long-
range strike in the 66th minute but that effort was
matched a minute later by Hazard.
With two defenders in front of him, the Chelsea playmaker
shifted cleverly to the right before curling the ball into the
net off the inside of the far post.
Debutant Michy Batshuayi completed the demolition in the
80th minute after the hard-working Radja Nainggolan
dispossessed a defender.

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