Midfield maestro Christian successfully dispatched a penalty just before the hour mark as the Danes took the lead on the way to a 1-1 draw with Romania in Copenhagen.
The result yielded the point Denmark needed to stay in second place in Group E and enter the play-off shake-up, with eight of the nine best second-placed teams in European qualifying set to be involved next month in a bid to reach next summer’s finals in Russia.
England had already punched their ticket prior to Sunday’s final Group F qualifier in Lithuania, in which Harry Kane, like Christian, scored from the spot in a 1-0 victory for the Three Lions.