Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 16 June 2023
Kylian Mbappe doubles France's lead against Gibraltar just before half-time with a penalty. It's 2-0 in the Algarve.
Summary
England cruise to 4-0 win over Malta to stay top of Group C
Kane penalty, Alexander-Arnold stunner and own goal put England 3-0 up inside 31 minutes
Wilson added late penalty as Three Lions continued 100% record in qualifying
Crystal Palace forward Eze made debut as second-half substitute
Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 16 June 2023
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Malta 0-3 England
Bukayo Saka's fierce strike is pushed away by the goalkeeper. Another effective link-up with Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Malta 0-3 England
Just one minute added on.
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Malta 0-3 England
Nice stuff from Joseph Mbong, who wins the ball back off Harry Kane and nut-megs James Maddison before he's fouled just outside his own area.
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England fans are so hard to please, what's the expectation here? 3-0 up inside 28 mins and it's not good enough because it's 'boring'. Grow up!
Jordan
Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 16 June 2023
Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior has headed Poland into a 1-0 lead over Germany in a friendly.
Jakub Blaszczykowski came off to a standing ovation in the 16th minute on his 109th and final Poland appearance.
'Malta have a good way of playing'published at 20:30 British Summer Time 16 June 2023
Malta 0-3 England
Matthew Upson
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 LiveYou can tell they have a nice philosophy, Malta. They don't want to hit it long, they want to play out. It's good to see, but the trouble is they don't quite have the quality or the press from England is too much.
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Malta 0-3 England
Luke Shaw's pass is picked off and Malta look to break but Marc Guehi reads it well to intercept.
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Malta 0-3 England
Image source, PA MediaLuke Shaw does well on the left to wriggle past a defender. He finds James Maddison but his cross is blocked.
England retain possession with Jordan Henderson and switch it over to the right.
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So the solution to “Trent can’t defend” turns out to be not to ask Trent to defend.
Jim
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Malta 0-3 England
England are knocking it around the back for now. No shortages of touches for anyone.
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Malta 0-3 England
Bukayo Saka is back on moving a little gingerly.
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If we were watching Germany play this match the remarks would centre around efficiency, depth, flexibility, clinicality. Because we are England fans we call it boring. It’s been a very professional job so far and Southgate has launched some experiments.
Ed
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Malta 0-3 England
Bukayo Saka is in a bit of pain. It looks like his ankle. He gets some treatment while Gareth Southgate has a brief chat with Luke Shaw, James Maddison and Jordan Henderson near the touchline.
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Obviously not the greatest of opposition, but this has been a masterclass by TAA so far.
Wayne
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Malta 0-3 England
Bukayo Saka and Trent Alexander-Arnold link-up in the middle before the Arsenal winger turns sharply to escape his marker.
He lays it off to Harry Kane and gets it back again. Zach Muscat has to slide in just in time to stop him shooting but he's hurt Saka in the process.
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England are 3-0 up!
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Well that's me done, time for an early night. Soooooo slow and sooooo boring. Night night.
Pete
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Malta 0-3 England
Harry Kane threads a dangerous ball through to Bukayo Saka but it's inches too far in front of him.
If Saka had been able to reach it, it was surely a fourth goal for England.
'Never in doubt'published at 20:20 British Summer Time 16 June 2023
Malta 0-3 England
Matthew Upson
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 LiveThere wasn't even a tiny part of me that thought it wasn't going to end up in the back of the net.
He just calmly steps up to the ball just dinks it with a little bit of pace into the middle of the goal.
In total control of the game, both Harry Kane and England here in Malta.