New Delhi: Harry Kane on Thursday became England’s all-time top penalty scorer with his goal from the spot against Poland in the World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium.
England won the match by 2-1 as Kane opened the scoring for the host in the 19th minute. However, Poland equalised in the 58th minute through Jakub Moder.
Harry Maguire netted a late winner in the 85th minute to defeat Poland and making it three wins from three to begin qualification for Qatar 2022. With his 10th career international goal from the spot, Kane broke the Three Lions record that was previously held by Frank Lampard, Goal.com reported.
In addition, Kane has now scored on all seven days of the week for England, becoming only the third player to do so for the Three Lions, after Wayne Rooney and Lampard. With 34 international goals, Kane continues to chase down Wayne Rooney’s all-time England record of 53.
3️⃣ out of 3️⃣ for the #ThreeLions
2️⃣ in 2️⃣ for @HKaneThe skipper reflects on a positive start to #WCQ: pic.twitter.com/yIXo9QZNNv
— England (@England) April 1, 2021
Kane is already sixth on England’s all-time scoring chart, with just Rooney, Bobby Charlton, Gary Lineker, Jimmy Greaves and Michael Owen ahead of him.
England boss Gareth Southgate said that there’s still plenty to work on after the side registered a narrow win over Poland in the World Cup qualifiers at Wembley Stadium.
“We’ve played a very good Poland side and we’ve done a lot of good things this week – but we can see there’s still a step to go. We had a lot of players missing that we might have been able to refresh the team with in the last two matches – that slight fatigue started to tell but the players stuck at it and they deserved the win,” the official website of Football Association quoted Southgate as saying.
That's 3 out of 3! What a way to end this international week ❤️?? pic.twitter.com/rfc7D3Qevm
— Kalvin Phillips (@Kalvinphillips) March 31, 2021
The England boss also backed John Stones, after the Manchester City defender recovered from an error in the build-up to Poland’s equaliser to set up Maguire’s winner.
“I thought we were very good in the first half and in control of the game. To concede a goal like we did can hit the team but they stuck at it, recovered their composure and found an important set-piece winner,” Southgate said.
The perfect start to #WCQ! ? pic.twitter.com/Iojt3pGZH4
— England (@England) March 31, 2021
“He [John Stones] managed to compose himself for the rest of the game and had a part in the winning goal, which was important. You can fold in those moments and he didn’t. He’s been having a really good season. He’s made a mistake tonight, he knows that, but he’s bounced back from it during the game and he’s got to keep doing that,” he added.
