The good, the bad and the ugly: Best moments from the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Germany put on a scintillating display of football against Norway
Germany put on a scintillating display of football against Norway

THE BAD

Worst player: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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€40m? Have Liverpool kept the receipt?

Oxlade-Chamberlain had a game fairly typical of his career to date; there was plenty of promise when he picked the ball up, only for it to end with you scratching your head.

Two strong England attacks against Slovakia really underlined what he’s good at and why he’s so frustrating.

Everyone will be hoping Jürgen Klopp can iron that out of his game before Russia rolls around.

Worst team performance: Norway

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Germany are pretty good, we get it, but Norway were amateurish.

This isn’t San Marino or Andorra, this is Norway. They’ve been to three World Cups and almost half their squad plays in major European leagues.

By half-time, Germany had mercy on them. It could have been 10. Not a good advertisement for the qualifiers.

Softest goal conceded: Gylfi Sigurdsson v Ukraine

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A whole host of own goals have made it into our ugly section, so we’ve hunted for some downright despicable defending.

Gylfi Sigurdsson’s opener against Ukraine was simply calamitous.

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