Specialpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
England 4-0 North Macedonia
Alex Howell
Football reporter at Old Trafford
You know that was special with the way the crowd reacted to that hitting the net. What a strike!
Summary
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FT: England 7-0 North Macedonia - Phillips scores sixth before Kane scores his second from spot
Kane converts from close range to score in sixth game in row for England
Saka with brilliant hat-trick, and Rashford scores
England have won their first three matches in Euro qualifying
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Specialpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
GOAL - England 4-0 North Macedoniapublished at 47 mins
Bukayo Saka
Nice.
Trent Alexander-Arnold plays a brilliant ball 50 yards down the pitch.
Bukayo Saka takes it in his stride, knocks the ball behind a defender, chests it and then hammers in an absolute thunderbolt from outside the box which flies into the top corner.
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The past few years have been amazing, love the feeling of a TEAM that has an identity an integrates the young talent so well, rather the Jackson Pollock style of throwing the best players randomly onto the pitch.
Anthony
Postpublished at 20:52 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
Alex Howell
Football reporter at Old TraffordNo changes for England at half time. Players like Ebere Eze will be hoping to get some more minutes in this second half.
KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins
England 3-0 North Macedonia
The second half begins. A 45-minute cruise towards the summer holidays.
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England 3-0 North Macedonia
Egzon Bejtulai replaces Stefan Ristovski, who had that first-half head injury, at right-back for the visitors.
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Heartily agree with England playing around the country. Spain don't have a national stadium and so play all over the place. Wembley put the focus on London for what is essentially the national team.
Anon
'England look unstoppable'published at 20:47 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
HT: England 3-0 North Macedonia
Steven Gerrard
Former England and Liverpool captainSpeaking on Channel 4
They showed great patience because I thought in the first 29 minutes we were a little bit loose at times.
Keep giving the ball to our match-winners and eventually the goal came.
This could become even more comfortable because we just look unstoppable in wide areas at the moment.
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Jordan Henderson assisting Marcus Rashford was the first time a Liverpool player set up a Manchester United player for England since... the same two players against Slovakia in September 2017.
Working in pairspublished at 20:45 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
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Dion Dublin
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 LiveThere have been loads of partnerships around the pitch. Marcus [Rashford] is in and around Harry Kane a lot. I think Trent and Henderson have pressed really well, and that right-hand side with Kyle Walker and Bukayo Saka too.
Half-time scorespublished at 20:42 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
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Group B: France 0-0 Greece, Republic of Ireland 0-0 Gibraltar.
Group C: England 3-0 North Macedonia.
Group D: Turkey 0-0 Wales.
Group H: Northern Ireland 0-0 Kazakhstan, Slovenia 1-1 Denmark.
Group I: Belarus 0-0 Kosovo, Israel 1-0 Andorra, Switzerland 2-0 Romania.
And the results from the earlier matches...
Group C: Ukraine 1-0 Malta.
Group D: Armenia 2-1 Latvia.
Group H: Finland 6-0 San Marino.
'England have been dominant'published at 20:40 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
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Tom Heaton
Manchester United goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 liveI think they've been dominant.
Looking at the first half I'd be really pleased and be ready to adapt if the Macedonians come out and do anything different.
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Time to bring back England playing around the country. The Three Lions belong to the whole nation, not just those living in London or who can afford the pricey travel and accommodation. So many great stadiums they could be playing at.
Joe
HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
England 3-0 North Macedonia
So comfortable for England at the break.
Image source, Getty Images'England have chosen their pressing moments well'published at 20:35 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
England 3-0 North Macedonia
Tom Heaton
Manchester United goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 liveIn tournament football it will be about picking the right time.
There are times to go for it and there are times to control it in a block, like they have done tonight. They've picked their moments really well.
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It's like a training match.
'Brilliant press, brilliant goal'published at 20:33 British Summer Time 19 June 2023
England 3-0 North Macedonia
Dion Dublin
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 LiveBrilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
That goal actually came from Harry Maguire making sure the striker couldn't get the ball to his feet.
They squeeze and they win the ball high up and it's a tap-in for Marcus Rashford.
This time he doesn't make any mistake at all.
INJURY TIMEpublished at 45 mins
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Three minutes added on.
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Marcus Rashford is the first Manchester United player to score for England at Old Trafford since David Beckham against Sweden in November 2001.
GOAL - England 3-0 North Macedoniapublished at 45 mins
Marcus Rashford
So easy.
Harry Kane wins the ball off a defender and pokes the ball to Jordan Henderson.
He takes it to the byeline and pulls it back for Marcus Rashford to slot in from six yards.
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