Rangers midfielder Thelo Aasgaard scores four in Norway’s 11-goal demolition of Moldova

Rangers midfielder Thelo Aasgaard helped himself to four goals despite only playing the last half hour as Norway routed Moldova 11-1 in Oslo.

The 23-year-old midfielder, who moved to Ibrox from Luton Town in the summer, came off the bench on the 64th minute to earn his fifth international cap with the home side already 6-0 ahead.

He had been on the pitch for only three minutes when he scored his first, and that had turned into a hat-trick 12 minutes later, before he added his fourth and Norway’s eleventh in injury time.

Erling Haaland was in unstoppable form, leading the way in a thoroughly one-sided Group I clash that maintained his side’s 100 per cent record after five games.

The Man City forward had his fifth international hat-trick by half-time, netting three times between the 11th and 43rd minute, and snatched another couple in the second half as he stretched his remarkable scoring record to 48 in 45 caps.

Felix Horn Myre and Martin Odegaard scored further goals, and Moldova’s consolation goal also came from a Norwegian player when defender Leo Ostigard turned it into his own net.

Meanwhile Cristiano Ronaldo equalled a World Cup qualifying record in Portugal’s win over Hungary.

The 40-year-old had a day to remember, notching his 39th goal in World Cup qualifying, equalling the mark set by Carlos Ruiz of Guatemala.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid stepped up for a 58th-minute penalty with the score at 1-1 and converted as he played his part in a 3-2 victory in Hungary.

Barnabas Varga put the home side ahead at Puskas Arena before Bernardo Silva levelled. Varga struck again to equalise in the 84th minute but Joao Cancelo won it to keep Portugal top of Group F after two games.

Armenia sprung a surprise in the group’s other match, defeating the Republic of Ireland 2-1.

Eduard Spertsyan, who fired Armenia to victory over the Irish in another shock win three years ago, and Grant-Leon Ranos added a second soon after the restart. Evan Ferguson pulled one back but it was not enough to prevent a costly loss.

France had to come from behind to see off Iceland 2-1 at Parc des Princes and stay atop Group D.

Andri Gudjohnsen put the visitors in front after 21 minutes only for a Kylian Mbappe penalty to restore parity just before the break.

Bradley Barcola put France in front and they held on despite Aurelien Tchouameni’s red card leaving them a man short for the last 22 minutes.

Azerbaijan claimed a 1-1 draw against Ukraine in Baku.

Midfielder Georgiy Sudakov, who said this week his family home in Kyiv had been damaged by a Russian drone attack, put the visitors ahead when he swept home a low shot in the 51st minute.

But a handball from Oleksandr Zinchenko opened the door and Emin Mahmudov converted with 18 minutes remaining as both sides took their first point of the campaign.

England enjoyed a morale-boosting 5-0 win over Serbia to kickstart Thomas Tuchel’s tenure while Kristjan Asllani scored the only goal as Albania beat Latvia in the other Group K fixture.

In Group H, Austria went level on points with Bosnia-Herzegovina after beating them 2-1 in Zenica while Romania drew 2-2 in Cyprus.