Summary

  • Kane scores on England debut

  • Striker scores with second touch

  • Sterling, Welbeck and Rooney also on target

  1. Postpublished at 21:48 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    I forgot about Daniel Sturridge.

    Can you get Sturridge, Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck and Raheem Sterling in the same team? We need Ossie Ardiles in charge...

  2. Postpublished at 21:47 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Danny Mills
    BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley

    "You can't always play your best players. They need to be able to fit into the team.

    "Look what Jose Mourinho does. Juan Mata is an exceptional player but he didn't fit Mourinho's way of playing, so he got rid of him. Sometimes you need to sacrifice.

    "You have to pick a team that suits your style of play and your players."

  3. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 21:47 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Belete Eshetea: Before hyping Harry Kane and England team performance, let's wait and see what they can do against Italy!

    Tim Collingwood: Where does Wellbeck's MOTM performance put Sturridge's England prospects. Can't drop the Euro top-scorer or captain?

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  4. 'Not a bad start'published at 21:47 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Harry KaneImage source, PA

    England striker Harry Kane, who scored within 80 seconds of his international debut, told ITV Sport: "It's not a bad start. I dreamed of this and it's just a bit of a blur at the moment. I'm delighted for the lads.

    "It's the best moment of my career . To represent my country at senior level is the top and hopefully I can continue to keep doing it and hopefully this goal is the first of many."

  5. Postpublished at 21:45 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Will teams in Europe be scared of playing England, as captain Wayne Rooney says? We may find out slightly more when they play Italy in Turin on Tuesday night.

    Although it is a friendly. So maybe not.

  6. Have your saypublished at 21:43 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

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  7. Postpublished at 21:43 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Chris Waddle
    BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley

    "It's all about next season for Harry Kane. He's had a great season, you cannot argue with what he's done.

    "Next season, when people have worked you out a bit more, that's when we'll find out a bit more about him.

    "This season he looks the real deal, this kid."

  8. Postpublished at 21:43 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    England remain six points clear of their qualifying group at the halfway point. Wayne Rooney says a lot of teams across Europe will look at the England team and be frightened of them...

  9. Postpublished at 21:41 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Harry Kane says that his debut was how he dreamt it and it's the highlight of his career.

  10. Postpublished at 21:41 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    IscoImage source, AP

    In England's group, Slovenia crushed San Marino 6-0 in Ljubljana and it looks like a straight fight with Switzerland, who beat Estonia 3-0, for the runners-up spot by Roy Hodgson's side.

    Spain have secured a crucial three points in Group C with a 1-0 victory over Ukraine thanks to Alvaro Morata's first-half strike in Sevilla. Vicente del Bosque's side remain three points behind pool leaders Slovakia, who cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over Luxembourg but are three ahead of third-placed Ukraine. Belarus beat Macedonia 2-1 in a bad-tempered match in Skopje.

    Austria remain in control of Group G after a 4-0 win over Liechtenstein, with Sweden still four points behind after a 2-0 win in Moldova thanks to a brace from striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Russia's clash with Montenegro in Podgorica is goalless at half-time following a lengthy delay after goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was hit by a flare.

  11. Postpublished at 21:40 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Chris Waddle
    BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley

    "England were bright, they worked hard and the movement was good. They've got the right result and they've deserved it against a very poor opposition."

  12. Postpublished at 21:39 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Harry Kane's goal was the eighth scored by a substitute under Roy Hodgson. It also puts him in the 'one-cap wonder' club alongside the likes of Francis Jeffers, Dave Nugent and Danny Wallace...

  13. Postpublished at 21:37 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Danny Mills
    BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley

    "The crowd are on their feet applauding all the players. Fair play, they did well, they've worked hard and that's what the fans want to see.

    "It's gone fantastically well for Roy Hodgson - all four of his strikers have scored.

    "England have beaten a poor side but that's all they can do."

  14. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:35 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Job very much done for Roy Hodgson and England. Four goals, another goal for skipper Wayne Rooney and a debut goal for man of the moment Harry Kane.

  15. Postpublished at 21:34 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    He needed a rest Daniel. What a performance that was.

    No need for such heroics tonight, Joe Hart could have played up front.

  16. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 21:34 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Mark Duffell: Been out to walk dog, come back 10 mins later and Harry Kane hasn't scored again. Goal drought?

    Daniel Hodson: Could Joe Hart have had an easier week then this week after his man-of-match performance against Barcelona?

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  17. Postpublished at 21:32 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    There are three minutes to be added on. Time for one more?

  18. Postpublished at 21:30 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Danny Welbeck has been named man of the match. Hard to argue with that.

  19. Postpublished at 21:30 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2015

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

    "Four minutes left and probably just enough time for Harry Kane to complete his hat-trick. As international opponents go, Lithuania are right up there with the most compliant he will face - but what a start for the England striker with the Midas touch."