Harry Kane on Thursday (April 1) grew to become England’s all-time prime penalty scorer along with his purpose from the spot in opposition to Poland within the World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium. England gained the match by 2-1 as Kane opened the scoring for the host within the nineteenth minute.
With his tenth profession worldwide purpose from the spot, Kane broke the Three Lions file that was beforehand held by Frank Lampard, Goal.com reported. In addition, Kane has now scored on all seven days of the week for England, turning into solely the third participant to take action for the Three Lions, after Wayne Rooney and Lampard.
With 34 worldwide objectives, Kane continues to chase down Wayne Rooney’s all-time England file of 53. Kane is already sixth on England’s all-time scoring chart, with simply Rooney, Bobby Charlton, Gary Lineker, Jimmy Greaves and Michael Owen forward of him.
When John Stones gave the ball away to concede an equalizer, Harry Maguire was fast to reassure his England central defensive associate.
It was the Manchester City defender’s header that saved a nook from Kalvin Phillips in play and reached Maguire, who volleyed into the roof of the web to seal a 2-1 victory. It gave Gareth Southgate’s Group I leaders a 3rd successive victory in per week to start out qualifying for subsequent yr’s World Cup in Qatar.
And England ought to have scored extra in a dominant first half – quite than counting on Raheem Sterling being fouled by Michal Helik for captain Harry Kane to attain his thirty fourth purpose for England within the nineteenth minute.
But the ineffective guests got a route again into the sport when Stones dithered in possession on the sting of the England penalty space below strain from Jakub Moder. Stones gave the ball away to Arkadiusz Milik who returned it to Moder to web the equalizer within the 58th minute.
It was the primary shot on the right track confronted by England in its three qualifiers and the primary purpose Nick Pope had conceded in his seven video games in England’s purpose. But it was Pope enjoying the ball brief to Stones that contributed to the blunder.
It was the final probability for Southgate to evaluate his gamers earlier than deciding on a squad for the rescheduled European Championship. And when England performs its opener in opposition to Croatia on June 13, a minimum of 10,000 followers needs to be allowed again into Wembley Stadium with the pandemic restrictions lifted.
While England gamers took the knee earlier than kickoff, their Polish counterparts didn’t carry out the anti-racism gesture ? as an alternative pointing to the UEFA respect badge on their jerseys.
Hungary wins
Hungary stays two factors behind England in second place after Attila Fiola, Daniel Gazdag, Laszlo Kleinheisler and Loic Nego scored in a 4-1 win at Andorra within the pursuit of the one computerized qualification place.
Albania rose above Poland into third place after Rey Manaj and Myrto Uzuni clinched a 2-0 victory over San Marino, which is on zero factors with Andorra.
(with company inputs)
