England’s striker Harry Kane (C) celebrates after scoring their third goal during the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying first round Group A football match between England and Montenegro at Wembley Stadium in London on November 14, 2019. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
Harry Kane’s first half hat-trick secured England’s qualification for Euro 2020 in style with a 7-0 thrashing of Montenegro in their 1,000th match.
Even without Raheem Sterling, who was dropped by Gareth Southgate earlier in the week after a physical altercation with teammate Joe Gomez, England displayed the firepower that will make them one of the favourites for next year’s European Championship.
Kane moved into sixth in the all-time list of England goalscorers by taking his tally for the qualifying campaign to 11 in seven games.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Marcus Rashford were also on target before half-time and Aleksandar Sofranac’s own goal and Tammy Abraham’s first at international level rounded off the…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
