rewrite this title Belgium v Iran LIVE: World Cup updates as Taremi goal ruled out by VAR

52 mins: Khalilzadeh heroically blocks a De Cuyper shot in a region where he will be feeling that for a while.

50 mins: Saelemaekers almost hit the target with a great volley at a tight angle just beyond the back post of a long corner from De Bruyne.

47 mins: Lovely bit of skill from Trossard to wrong foot the defender on the edge of the box and feed De Bruyne who has his shot blocked and out for a throw-in

46 mins: We are back underway and we will be hoping for a bit more action on both sides in the next 45 mins.

Iran make the only change as Hardani makes way for Jahanbakhsh

Having not started a game for club or country this season, it’s not a surprise to see that he is off the pace. Lukaku hasn’t had the pace to chase down some passes or the timing to be there to put his head on a cross and we haven’t really seen him use his physicality to any effect yet.

Has he earned a second-half appearance?

Belgium go into half-time with no reward for their domination. They are struggling with finding the right final pass, or Lukaku’s positioning is off, depends on who you want to blame.

Iran have kept them at bay but have not made any real dent in Belgium’s half with the disallowed goal as their only real chance of the game so far

45+7: Into our seventh minute of stoppage time and Iran have defended valiantly, but have not created anything for themselves which will need to be a focus for the second half.

45 mins Belgium can’t seem to crack the code here, Tielemans and De Bruyne are giving it everything but it just doesn’t look as though it is clicking with Lukaku.

Could see a half-time sub.

41 mins: Well you don’t see this very often, Meunier took too long on his throw-in and the referee as punished him by reversing his decision and giving the throw-in to Iran

39 mins: Belgium get a dangerous free kick after three consecutive rough challenges on Kevin De Bruyne.