Wales 2 Netherlands 3: Robben nets double in away win

Arjen Robben helped Netherlands to a 3-2 win over Wales in Friday's international friendly in Cardiff.

The home side twice managed to fight back after going a goal up, but they had no reply to Robben's second goal of the evening in the 81st minute.

Bas Dost opened the scoring around the half-hour mark, yet Joe Ledley restored parity on the stroke of half-time when he tapped home the rebound from Joe Allen's saved penalty.

Robben then found the net in the second half after a trademark run down the right, only for Emyr Huws to once more level the scoring after a clever corner. Another Robben strike eventually made the difference in Netherlands' favour, though.

The Dutch were first to threaten in the 16th minute after a cautious start from both sides. Terence Kongolo sent in a fine cross for Dost, but the Wolfsburg striker failed to get enough power on his header as Wayne Hennessey easily collected the ball.  

Wales then looked dangerous via Tom Lawrence after a fine pass from Allen, but the 21-year-old’s attempt was too weak to trouble Jasper Cillessen between the posts.  

Robben came close to restoring Netherlands' lead immediately following the restart after being played through by Sneijder, but Hennessey once more showed class with a fine save.