The Charlton winger opened the scoring after 15 minutes and added a second two minutes later.

It was no more than Denmark deserved as they tried to eradicate the memory of Saturday's controversial game against Sweden, which was abandoned late on when a Danish fan attacked the referee.

Rommedahl can be a frustrating performer as he does not always make the most of promising positions, but he was at his mercurial best in Riga.

He almost opened the scoring inside two minutes, but his drive from the edge of the penalty area was bravely blocked by home defender Andrejs Rubins.

Jon Dahl Tomasson was next to try his luck shortly afterwards only to see his effort flash wide of the target.

Martin Jorgensen and Jesper Gronkjaer went close for Denmark, as did Vitaljis Astafjevs at the other end, before Rommedahl opened the scoring with a fine finish from Nicklas Bendtner's right-wing cross.

The hosts barely had time to recover before Rommedahl scored again with a 20-yard drive.

Maris Verpakovskis almost pulled one back with a 12-yard header as did Astafjevs before half-time.

The interval saw the withdrawal of Rommedahl because of injury and his departure seemed to disrupt Denmark's attacking flow.

The second half proved to be poor in comparison to the first with Denmark content to sit on their lead.

Neither keeper was called into action until the 63rd minute when Tomasson's shot from the right side of the area was caught by home stopper Aleksandrs Kolinko.

Latvia threw caution to the wind late on with Juris Laizans' long-range drive flying inches over the bar and Verpakovskis seeing an effort cleared off the line by Nicklas Jensen.