The Liverpool midfielder played for 71 minutes in Amsterdam in a 2-0 victory for his country over Sweden; however, it wasn’t enough for Holland, who missed out on a place in the Russia tournament as they failed to record the seven-goal margin required to leapfrog their opponents in Group A.
Elsewhere, Simon Mignolet and Divock Origi, currently on loan at Wolfsburg, were unused substitutes in the already-qualified Belgium’s 4-0 triumph against Cyprus in Brussels.
Earlier on Tuesday, Dominic Solanke came on in the 79th minute as England U21s won 1-0 in Andorra in a European Championships qualifier.
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez remained on the bench as the Young Lions maintained an unbeaten start in the competition preliminaries.