England overcame a sluggish start to win 3-0.
Harry Kane celebrates his goal. Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images England 3 Senegal 0 ENGLAND PASSED THEIR final mock exam of this World Cup with a flourish, easing to a 3-0 win over a diminished Senegal.
To start with those concerns: England’s defence went largely untested against a Senegal side shorn of Idrissa Gueye and of course Sadio Mane, but Harry Maguire nonetheless returned to his jittery self on the ball while Kyle Walker struggled against Ismaila Sarr, who, to make the blindingly obvious point, is no Kylian Mbappe.
But with England looking shorn of ideas, Jude took a potentially sad song and made it better. England huffed and puffed but all of a sudden they scythed through Senegal, with Phil Foden’s clever flick to Harry Kane the moment the key clicked in the lock. Kane slid the ball forward for Jude Bellingham, whose square pass was swept into the net by Jordan Henderson. It was a beautiful, flowing move that, to Southgate’s enormous credit, looked rehearsed.
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