Match ends, Italy 5, Liechtenstein 0.
Southampton striker Manolo Gabbiadini scored as Italy thrashed Liechtenstein 5-0 to remain level on points with group leaders Spain.
Italy had 37 shots in a dominant performance but were frustrated until they scored three late goals.
Manager Giampiero Ventura said: "The first half was useful because it taught us that if you try to do too much, you end up doing nothing.
"Everything went well in the second half when our play was more lucid."
Man of the match Lorenzo Insigne gave Italy the lead with a superb goal, flicking a cross up on to his chest before firing in off the post.
Napoli forward Insigne played Andrea Belotti through to score the second, before substitute Eder volleyed in the third.
Federico Bernardeschi, another substitute, added the fourth with a long-range shot and Gabbiadini turned in Leonardo Spinazzolo's pass for his first international goal since 2015.
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon did not have to make one save in his 169th appearance as he moved to fifth in the all-time list of international caps.
Italy and Spain both have 16 points, but with only the group winners guaranteed a place at next year's finals in Russia, one of the European giants are set to be in the play-offs.
Line-ups
Italy
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Buffon
- 4Darmian
- 15Barzagli
- 3Chiellini
- 7Spinazzola
- 6CandrevaSubstituted forBernardeschiat 60'minutes
- 5Pellegrini
- 16De Rossi
- 10Insigne
- 9BelottiSubstituted forGabbiadiniat 75'minutes
- 11ImmobileSubstituted forÉderat 67'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Conti
- 8Gagliardini
- 12G Donnarumma
- 13Astori
- 14Scuffet
- 17Éder
- 18Montolivo
- 19Bonucci
- 20Bernardeschi
- 21D'Ambrosio
- 22El Shaarawy
- 23Gabbiadini
Liechtenstein
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 1Jehle
- 6Rechsteiner
- 15Malin
- 17Gubser
- 3Goppel
- 23PolverinoBooked at 44minsSubstituted forQuintansat 87'minutes
- 19SalanovicSubstituted forBrändleat 60'minutes
- 18Hasler
- 13Büchel
- 11BurgmeierSubstituted forWolfingerat 68'minutes
- 22Frick
Substitutes
- 2Brändle
- 4Hofer
- 5Quintans
- 7Wolfinger
- 8Sele
- 9Meier
- 10Foser
- 12Hobi
- 14Oehri
- 16Erne
- 20Wolfinger
- 21Buchel
- Referee:
- Kevin Clancy
- Attendance:
- 20,514
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home71%
- Away29%
- Shots
- Home37
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home13
- Away0
- Corners
- Home14
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away6
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Italy 5, Liechtenstein 0.
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Attempt saved. Éder (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniele De Rossi with a through ball.
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Attempt missed. Yanik Frick (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from long range on the left is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
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Foul by Matteo Darmian (Italy).
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Maximilian Goppel (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein).
Goal!
Goal! Italy 5, Liechtenstein 0. Manolo Gabbiadini (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola.
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Daniele De Rossi (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Martin Büchel (Liechtenstein).
Substitution
Substitution, Liechtenstein. Ivan Quintans replaces Michele Polverino.
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Foul by Éder (Italy).
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Michele Polverino (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Italy. Conceded by Andreas Malin.
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Attempt blocked. Éder (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
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Corner, Italy. Conceded by Sandro Wolfinger.
Goal!
Goal! Italy 4, Liechtenstein 0. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giorgio Chiellini.
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Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Andrea Barzagli.