England win breaks 2018 TV record

But Harry will have been thinking about being the top scorer at Russian Federation 2018 since before he got on the plane to fly out here, and he is absolutely right to. It is down to myself to put it right, and there is no better way to start with a win and a couple of goals. He has made one hell of a start.

How many times has England won the World Cup? No one would have objected if they had been three or four goals up at half-time.

Completing the list of most popular tweets of the evening were England’s official account announcing the starting line-up and Kane’s victor – and these two funnies.

GARETH SOUTHGATE is demanding a week of “perfectly” executed preparation as England look to build on their 2-1 victory against Tunisia in Volgograd and close in on the World Cup knockout stage.

“We got told before that there was going to be quite a lot of flies and when we went out for the warm-up it was a lot more than we all kind of thought”, Kane said. They are the only two holding midfielders he has, but are they good enough to compete against the top players like Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard?

I’d drop the Tottenham man, though his thigh injury might keep him out anyway, and bring in Marcus Rashford.

England captain Kane said he was delighted to have scored after he and the national team suffered a frustrating Euro 2016, going out to Iceland in the round of 16. It did to me, because I loved the pressure and added responsibility of leading my country.

‘I worked hard to get where I am. He has justified Gareth’s decision already, not that he had to as far as I am concerned. Brazil’s midfielder Casemiro (left) fights for the ball against Switzerland’s defender Fabian Schaer during the Russian Federation 2018 World Cup Group E football match between Brazil and Switzerland at the Rostov Arena in Rostov-On-Don on Sunday. But they never took advantage of their initial dominance and chances.

In our big World Cup preview podcast, I tipped Lukaku to win the golden boot. Under-used by Jose Mourinho at Manchester United this season, the 20-year-old’s pace and readiness to try something different shone brightly against Costa Rica at Elland Road, with his stunning goal reminding Southgate of his ability to be a game-changer.

England face Panama in Nizhny Novgorod at 13:00 BST on Sunday, and play Belgium in their final Group G game in Kaliningrad on 28 June. “I see him on the training field every day”.

It could be that in 2006 past referees believed that contact had to be much clearer than in South Africa and Brazil and you could argue it is easier to win a penalty now than in the past, with many officials considering a slight contact from a defender to be worthy of punishment.

“But after that it got worrying; it really fizzled out”.