The Three Lions skipper bagged twice within the 2-0 win over Albania on Sunday…
Harry Kane believes England will journey to subsequent yr’s World Cup among the strongest challengers after finishing a flawless qualifying marketing campaign.
England wrapped up their group with an eighth straight victory on Sunday, seeing off Albania 2-0. Kane delivered each objectives and prolonged the workforce’s exceptional defensive document, with the Three Lions ending the marketing campaign with out conceding.
Reflecting on the present squad’s energy in contrast with earlier England teams, the captain stated: “I feel it’s pretty much as good as we now have ever had. Whenever you have a look at the beginning XI, if you have a look at the gamers coming off the bench, we’re going to go into the event as one of many favourites.
“We’ve got to just accept that. We’ve got been like that for the previous couple of tournaments, and that’s half and parcel of it. We’ve got been constructing. We’ve got had an excellent yr along with the brand new coach and now we stay up for a giant 2026.”
Albania made life tough for England for lengthy spells, limiting clear-cut possibilities and irritating the guests till the ultimate quarter of the match.
The breakthrough arrived on 74 minutes when Kane compelled in a Bukayo Saka nook at shut vary.
Marcus Rashford, launched from the bench, then supplied the help for the second, delivering a exact cross that Kane powered residence with a header to seal the factors.
Kane pressured the significance of contributions from throughout the squad, saying: “Look, if you’ll go far in any event, you want the entire squad. You want the gamers who don’t begin to come off the bench and make an impression. That’s what soccer is about. It’s not simply the XI that begin.
“We’re going to want everybody and the blokes who got here on in the present day made a distinction.”
The striker added that ending the yr on a excessive was essential: “This was an vital win. You don’t need to end with a loss on the finish of the yr, after which have to attend till March to play once more. We will go away and luxuriate in this now.
“I feel it was a extremely robust recreation, most likely one of many hardest video games we now have had within the group. We needed to be affected person. We needed to grind them down – defensively, they’re actually stable – and we did that.
“We ended up with a 2-0 win, one other clear sheet, and we could be actually comfortable.”
