Conor Gallagher leaves girlfriend's family 'unimpressed' with first England goal

Conor Gallagher scored his archetypal extremity for England successful their triumph implicit the Republic of Ireland, but his Irish spouse Aine May Kennedy joked that her household were "not impressed"

Conor Gallagher scored his archetypal England extremity arsenic the Three Lions beat the Republic of Ireland 5-0 connected Sunday, but his partner's household were "not impressed".

Gallagher is dating Irish exemplary Aine May Kennedy and she joked astir her family's absorption to his extremity portion congratulating the Atletico Madrid prima connected his strike. In a station connected her Instagram story, Kennedy wrote: "First England planetary goal.

"So arrogant of you. You imagination of these achievements and you ne'er ever halt pushing yourself." She past followed it up by joking: "Not definite each my Irish household are excessively impressed."

Gallagher was not the lone England goalscorer whose household had divided loyalties connected Sunday, with debutant Taylor Harwood-Bellis engaged to Roy Keane's girl Leah. Keane, who made 67 appearances for the Republic of Ireland, was moving arsenic a pundit for ITV astatine the crippled and admitted it was "bittersweet" erstwhile helium analysed Harwood-Bellis' goal.

The defender netted England's 5th with a thumping header and Keane said of the goal: "It's astir arsenic bully arsenic Kane's goal. It's bittersweet for me, this."

Presenter Mark Pougatch past explained to viewers that Harwood-Bellis was Keane's aboriginal son-in-law, earlier the Manchester United fable joked: "It's not done and dusted yet! Listen, things tin alteration truly rapidly successful the Keane household!"

He past added: "It's bully for him to marque his debut and he's a spot of a extremity threat. He's a bully kid and his household person done a truly large job."

Reflecting connected his goalscoring debut, Harwood-Bellis said: "It is simply a large time for maine and my family. It's each young kid's imagination to marque their debut, and to people the extremity is magical. I had a fewer hints yesterday that I would beryllium needed astatine immoderate point, erstwhile I got the motion to travel connected I was implicit the moon.

"There's ever a pathway and america young ones, we bash judge we tin get into the seniors. We cognize the doorway is unfastened if we instrumentality our chances, I've got to convey Lee [Carsley] for calling maine up and I person repaid him with a bully goal.

"Playing for my state astatine each level is thing I instrumentality specified pridefulness in. To play for the seniors is thing you imagination of, it is the pinnacle of football, to bash it and people is immoderate feeling."

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