England Under-21s are being held by Kazakhstan at half time of their Euro 2017 qualifier.

The Three Lions dominated from the start, and Chuba Akpom's header was saved by Stanislav Pavlov in the third minute.

Jordon Ibe then put the ball wide of the right post after good work from Liverpool teammate Joe Gomez down the right side.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek's box-to-box play caused problems for the Kazakhstan defence and the Chelsea player saw his shot blocked by Rafkat Aslan.

The Three Lions onslaught continued when James Ward-Prowse narrowly missed the target from 20 yards before Akpom's shot bounced off the post two minutes later.

Loftus-Cheek then forced Pavlov into a diving save after wrong-footing Aslan, and had another chance on the half-hour mark when he headed wide of the left post.

Kazakhstan made a rare foray into the England half and won a corner which came out to Didar Zhalmukan, who directed the ball wide of the target.