last updated on .From the incision World Cup England recorded their biggest win at a World Cup to overwhelm Panama and secure a invest in the concluding 16 before their final examination Group G bet on with Belgium. Harry Kane played a captain ‘s character once more with a hat-trick to become the tournament ‘s run scorer, as England built on their orifice victory against Tunisia with an impressive prove of cruelty and quality.

John Stones opened the scoring with an early header before Kane added the second with a deafening penalty after Jesse Lingard had been fouled. Lingard added the third gear in the 36th minute with a bright curling attempt from 25 yards and, as Panama crumbled, Stones crowned a slick set-piece routine by heading his moment and Kane made it 5-0 before half-time with another penalty after he was wrestled to the ground. Kane completed his triple with a fortunate diversion from Ruben Loftus-Cheek ‘s fritter after the break, before Panama ‘s noisy supporters were able to celebrate their foremost goal at a World Cup through Felipe Baloy. The allowance of victory for England topped 3-0 wins over Poland and Paraguay in Mexico in 1986, and against Denmark in 2002. England top Group G as they have fewer yellow cards than Belgium. If they draw the final game it will go down to disciplinary records to decide who finishes first – and if that is level lots will be drawn

Ruthless England sparkle in the sun

England ‘s opening gain over Tunisia contained one unplayful defect that needed correcting – namely a miss of pitilessness and clinical border in front of goal. As Panama were wholly dismantled, the fail was addressed and then some as a position in the last-16 degree was secured in quick-fire fashion. queerly, England had actually made a hushed and sloppy start before Stones powered in Kieran Trippier ‘s corner to put them ahead. It was plain sailing from then on. Southgate ‘s side sparkled in Nizhny Novgorod, tempo and movement shuffle with flashes of individual brilliance such as Lingard ‘s goal to reduce Panama to an ill-disciplined shambles. When they get it right, England have the firepower to trouble any team, with captain Kane a spearhead approaching world class. They besides showed admirably first-half discipline to avoid getting involved in Panama ‘s bumbling forcible approach, merely letting the inevitable take its course in the hands of egyptian referee Ghead Grisha, who was determined to punish penalty-area transgressions. England inescapably eased off with the game and that position in the last 16 nobelium longer in doubt, and of course greater tests lie ahead. But this was the sort of commanding performance that will do wonders for confidence as the World Cup reaches the knockout stage .

England reap set-piece rewards

The assemble of newspaper in assistant coach Steve Holland ‘s hand that ended up not revealing England ‘s starting eleven was the main talking point from their Zelenogorsk educate base this workweek. There can be more talk from the coach ground nowadays – about England ‘s hard work behind close doors on set-pieces that has reaped a fat reward in Volgograd and now here in Nizhny Novgorod. England ‘s players have clearly been made aware of the likely of set-piece force at this World Cup, particularly in the context of the television assistant referee ( VAR ) and the likely for physical defend to be punished. It brought two goals from corners for Kane against Tunisia and another brilliant Tripper manner of speaking led to Stones ‘ first goal, Panama ‘s defenders excessively interested in dragging Harry Maguire around than keeping an eye on the Manchester City defender. The crowning glory, however, was Stones ‘ irregular – another heading that capped a perfectly worked act that had about brought a finish for Raheem Sterling first and was implemented after drawn-out discussions between several England players. Southgate ‘s men are playing to their strengths and defences will find it hard to cope with the physical presence and threat the coach can employ .Opta stats - England's sixth goalThere were 25 uninterrupted passes made by England before they scored their sixth goal – the longest sequence for a World Cup goal since 1966 & one more pass than Esteban Cambiasso’s effort for Argentina v Serbia in 2006 (24)

Panama offer little resistance

World Cup debutants Panama stubbornly resisted Belgium until the early stages of the second half before slumping to a 3-0 defeat in their beginning game. This Group G plot was complete as a contest once Stones gave England that early lead as Panama ‘s ill-discipline and miss of arrangement was viciously exposed. however, they did score their beginning World Cup finish through Baloy to spark capital celebrations from their supporters, who can at least rejoinder base with that care for memory. For England ‘s separate, they can only make the best of the opposition in front of them – and they delivered an outstanding leave .

How far can England go?

This is the doubt that will nowadays be asked – and one that can entirely be answered by performances against teams boasting more quality than Panama. What can be said with confidence is that this has been an impressive, vibrant open to their World Cup campaign by England, and while it is early days and the unplayful business will start in the hard phase, Southgate and his police squad will not have seen anything they should fear. England possess real threat up front but may need to shore up an attack-minded midfield against better opposition, and the defensive structure – which has looked vulnerable on occasions – has yet to be badly tested. so far, so good though – and England can get back to work at their train base on the Gulf of Finland with last-16 reservation assured before their most hazardous group game and with confidence and home expectations soaring .

Man of the match – Harry Kane (England)

Harry Kane celebrates scoring for England against Panama in the World CupThree shots on target (although he knew little about his final effort) and three goals – the Tottenham striker now has five goals in this tournament and is short odds to win the Golden Boot

Kane joins elite groups – the stats

  • England have won their opening two group-stage games at a World Cup for the third time, besides doing so in 1982 and 2006 .
  • This was England ‘s biggest succeed at a major tournament .
  • This was only the fifth occasion a side had scored five goals before half-time in a World Cup match, and the first since Germany did so against Brazil in the 2014 semi-final .
  • England scored as many goals in this game as in their previous seven World Cup matches combined .
  • only in 1966 ( 11 ) have England scored more goals in a World Cup than they have indeed far in Russia ( eight, same as 1954 and 1990 ) .
  • Panama have conceded nine goals in their first two World Cup matches. But El Salvador conceded 10, to Hungary, in their first bet on of the 1982 World Cup while in 1974 Zaire shipped 11 and Haiti 10 from their first two matches .
  • lone two players have been older than Panama ‘s Baloy ( 37 years and 120 days ) when scoring their first World Cup goal – cameroon ‘s Roger Milla ( 38 years and 25 days ) in 1990 and Sweden ‘s Gunnar Gren ( 37 years 236 days ) in 1958 .
  • Stones became the first England defender to score two goals in a World Cup match .
  • Kane is the third base England player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, after Geoff Hurst against Germany in the 1966 final and Gary Lineker against Poland in 1986 .
  • Kane is the first actor to score at least doubly in both of his inaugural two World Cup appearances since Grzegorz Lato of Poland in 1974. Lato went on to win the Golden Boot at that tournament .
  • Kane is now the leading scorer at the 2018 World Cup with five goals, and he has netted with all of his shots on aim .

What’s next?

England gambling Belgium at Kaliningrad Stadium on Thursday to see who tops the group ( 19:00 BST kick-off ) .

  • Line-ups
  • Match Stats
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Line-ups

England

formation 3-1-4-2

1

Pickford

2

Walker

5

Stones

6

Maguire

8

Henderson

12

Trippier

21

Loftus-Cheek

7

Lingard

18

Young

10

Sterling

9

Kane

  • 1

    Pickford

  • 2

    Walker

  • 5

    Stones

  • 6

    Maguire

  • 8

    Henderson

  • 12

    Trippier

    Substituted for

    Rose

    at

    70′

    minutes

  • 21

    Loftus-Cheek

    Booked at 23mins

  • 7

    Lingard

    Substituted for

    Delph

    at

    63′

    minutes

  • 18

    Young

  • 10

    Sterling

  • 9

    Kane

    Substituted for

    Vardy

    at

    63′

    minutes

Substitutes

  • 3

    Rose

  • 4

    Dier

  • 11

    Vardy

  • 13

    Butland

  • 14

    Welbeck

  • 15

    Cahill

  • 16

    Jones

  • 17

    Delph

  • 19

    Rashford

  • 20

    Alli

  • 22

    Alexander-Arnold

  • 23

    Pope

Panama

formation 4-1-4-1

1

Penedo

2

Murillo

5

R Torres

4

Escobar

15

Davis

6

Gómez

8

Bárcenas

11

Cooper

20

Godoy

21

JL Rodriguez

7

Pérez

  • 1

    Penedo

  • 2

    Murillo

    Booked at 72mins

  • 5

    R Torres

  • 4

    Escobar

    Booked at 45mins

  • 15

    Davis

  • 6

    Gómez

    Substituted for

    Baloy

    at

    69′

    minutes

  • 8

    Bárcenas

    Substituted for

    Arroyo

    at

    69′

    minutes

  • 11

    Cooper

    Booked at 10mins

  • 20

    Godoy

    Substituted for

    Avila

    at

    63′

    minutes

  • 21

    JL Rodriguez

  • 7

    Pérez

Substitutes

  • 3

    Cummings

  • 9

    G Torres

  • 10

    Diaz

  • 12

    Calderón

  • 13

    Machado

  • 14

    Pimentel

  • 16

    Arroyo

  • 17

    Ovalle

  • 18

    Tejada

  • 19

    Avila

  • 22

    A Rodríguez

  • 23

    Baloy

Referee:
Ghead Grisha
Attendance:
43,319

Match Stats

Live Text

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    Match ends, England 6, Panama 1 .

  2. Full Time

    second Half ends, England 6, Panama 1 .

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    undertake missed. Jose Luis Rodriguez ( Panama ) left footed blastoff from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Armando Cooper .

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    try blocked. Blas Pérez ( Panama ) left footed shoot from the center of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdiel Arroyo .

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    fabian Delph ( England ) wins a free bang in the attack half .

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    Foul by Eric Davis ( Panama ) .

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    Harry Maguire ( England ) wins a barren kick in the attack half .

  8. Post update

    Foul by Armando Cooper ( Panama ) .

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    Foul by Raheem Sterling ( England ) .

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    Ricardo Avila ( Panama ) wins a free kick back in the attack half .

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    Foul by Harry Maguire ( England ) .

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    Fidel Escobar ( Panama ) wins a complimentary kick in the defensive half .

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    attack missed. Raheem Sterling ( England ) right footed shot from outside the corner misses to the veracious .

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    Danny Rose ( England ) wins a free kick on the exit fly .

  15. Post update

    Abdiel Arroyo ( Panama ) .

  16. Post update

    Harry Maguire ( England ) wins a release recoil in the attack half .

  17. Post update

    Foul by Ricardo Avila ( Panama ) .

  18. finish

    Goal!

    goal ! England 6, Panama 1. Felipe Baloy ( Panama ) right footed inject from the center of the box to the buttocks right corner. Assisted by Ricardo Avila with a cross following a set musical composition situation .

  19. Post update

    Foul by Raheem Sterling ( England ) .

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    Armando Cooper ( Panama ) wins a free kick on the left fender .

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