England player ratings vs Croatia: Harry Kane joined by two 8/10s on special night

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Lewis Hall really staked his claim, but Jarell Quansah let himself down

Harry Kane scored on the night he broke England’s all-time men’s appearance record as the Three Lions beat Croatia 2-1 at Wembley.

Morgan Rogers opened the scoring in the 24th minute as Dominik Livakovic flapped at his close-range shot, following some calamitous defending from Josko Gvardiol.

Croatia equalised just before the hour mark as Luka Sucic stole in to poke home from Jarrel Quansah’s ill-advised header, but England were back ahead minutes later as Kane scored from the penalty spot.

Showed quick feet to get out of trouble near his goal line early on. Will have been cursing Quansah’s decision-making as he picked the ball out the back of his net just before the hour mark.

He and Kane enjoyed a brief period of trying to one-up each other with their sweeping passes from deep. Was not quite able to get a hold of a few presentable shooting opportunities on the edge of the box.

Undone by a couple of pieces of Croatian trickery in the first-half, and then majorly at fault for their equaliser as he tried to head the ball back to Pickford inside a packed penalty area. Involved at the other end, winning the penalty from which England quickly retook the lead.

A rogue pick from Tuchel, who you feel did not need to use a night like this to understand what Burn can offer. Enjoyed some early head tennis as Croatia made the faster start.

An assured performance. Alert to danger, willing to get his head on the ball and also offering an attacking outlet down the left. If fit, he surely has to be England’s first-choice left-back.

Bobbed and weaved his way through pressure and kept things ticking in the middle of the park. A few notable errant balls were not a fair reflection of his confidence in possession. Found himself scrambling back towards his own goal a couple of times.

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