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Netherlands ahead Memphis Depay reacts after his missed penalty towards Poland. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Pictures

Davy Klaassen and Denzel Dumfries scored second-half targets because the Netherlands rallied from two all the way down to safe a 2-2 draw towards Poland in an entertaining Nations League A conflict on Saturday.

Residence captain Memphis Depay missed a late penalty that will have secured all three factors for his aspect as he struck a submit, however the end result sees the Dutch prime Group 4 with seven factors from their three video games, three forward of Belgium and Poland.

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The Poles, looking for a primary ever victory towards their hosts within the Netherlands, led 2-0 simply after halftime as English-born Matty Money and Piotr Zielinski scored, a lot to the delight of their sizeable contingent of travelling followers within the stadium.

However a frenzied 5 minutes by which Poland acquired their second aim and the Netherlands responded rapidly with a double strike turned the sport on its head, earlier than Depay wasted the late likelihood to finish the house aspect’s comeback.

Netherlands host Wales on Tuesday of their ultimate recreation of this worldwide window, whereas Poland welcome Belgium on the identical night.

“I missed and sadly that may occur,” Depay advised NOS. “Now it seems like a defeat. It was a tough recreation. Poland had been compact and the areas had been tremendous small.

“However we have now proven that we have now combat in us. We proceed to consider in ourselves, however right this moment was tough.

“The 0-2 was a psychological blow, however we dealt with it effectively. It wasn’t our greatest recreation, however we stored preventing.”

Poland had been with out talisman Robert Lewandowski because the striker sat out by harm, however took the lead on 19 minutes when Money scored his first worldwide aim.

He picked up the ball exterior the field and fired low into the other backside nook.

The guests doubled their benefit just some minutes into the second interval when Przemyslaw Frankowski beat the offside entice and laid on a tap-in for Zielinski.

The Netherlands got here up with an on the spot response although, Klaassen ending from contained in the six-yard field. And Dumfries made it three targets in 5 frenetic minutes as he blasted the ball into the online after Depay’s cross.

The house aspect had a superb opportunity to win it when Money was adjudged to have dealt with the ball within the field.

However Depay, who was principally poor all night time, fired his penalty towards the skin of the submit, the primary participant ever to overlook three spot-kicks for the Dutch

Supply: espn.co.uk