World Cup qualifying: 'Wow'

Fulham's Wilson started the comeback with a penalty just before the break in Brussels, his sixth goal in eight appearances under Bellamy.

And ex-Wales frontman Rob Earnshaw believes the 28-year-old is among a clutch of players who have fully stepped up to the plate under the new regime.

"The likes of Harry Wilson, he's probably the stand out where I've seen him grow into a real man, in a sense, into a real top football player," Earnshaw told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast.

"Adding goals and assists, he got a goal last night. He's thriving.

"But then I look around and I see the likes of Sorba Thomas, he got an assist the other night [against Liechtenstein] and a goal [against Belgium].

"David Brooks, he's had his troubles over the last few years but he loves playing for Wales, you can see the energy.

"There's a real sense that anybody in the team has got a chance and players are thriving - I love to see it."

Having relied heavily on the astonishing talent of talisman Gareth Bale in the past, Vokes believes Wales have, over time, managed to build a group littered with experience.

"What we do have in the group, players like [Ethan] Ampadu and Wilson that have played a lot of games and they've got that experience," he added.

"We do have a group that have kind of grown up together."

At 3-0 down after just 27 minutes following goals from Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans and Jeremy Doku, all hope had appeared lost for Wales.

But Earnshaw believes Bellamy's Wales can take a huge amount from the defeat in Brussels given their remarkable fightback.

"We know Belgium are good and Wales were given no chance, especially being 3-0 down," he explained.

"But what I did love was that, I think what this new Wales has really given us is that we could be 3-0 down, but it's not over.

"It's a lot to take, but I've been in dressing rooms where sometimes you lose a game but you learn so much and you feel more confident."

Ward added: "The spirit of that team, they're never out of it and they kept going. Even at 3-3 they didn't try and settle for that."

Wales have never come from 3-0 down to win or draw a match, but Roberts could not hide his pride at the way Bellamy's side fought back to challenge for a share of the spoils at King Baudouin Stadium.

"We were punished for a poor 20 minutes in the first half and we had a mountain to climb after that, but fair play to the players, they climbed it," he said.

"It was heart-breaking in the end because the effort the players put in to lift themselves from nowhere to get back level was unbelievable."

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