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England ran riot on a shocking Croatia side after sweeping home seven to no reply in their Nations League clash in front of a crowd mostly made up of schoolchildren.
The Three Lions snatched a lead inside 10 minutes as Harry Kane tucked home, with England capitalising on a mistake from Josko Gvardiol, before Jude Bellingham gave the visitors breathing space.
Anthony Gordon then continued his hot streak to make it four goals in as many England appearances, with Jarell Quansah emulating the assisting heroics of Trent Alexander-Arnold against Czech Republic to put it on a plate for the Barcelona man.
England were out of sight before the interval as Bukayo Saka bagged his country’s fourth on the brink of half-time, but Thomas Tuchel’s side did not let up after the restart. Kane added a second to his personal tally for the night before Saka did the same, with another laughable defensive error by Croatia gifting England a sixth, before Morgan Rogers made it seven.
Follow all of the latest from the Nations League clash with our live blog below:
England put seven past shambolic Croatia to show secret to success under Thomas Tuchel
A boost in confidence and momentum
A final word from Saka who said: “There’s still three games left but that will definitely give us a massive boost in confidence and momentum.”
Saka on Bellingham and Gordon
More from Saka who spoke specifically about Jude Bellingham and Anthony Gordon.
Of Bellingham he said: “He was amazing tonight to be fair. He deserved [England] player of the year and he probably deserves man of the match tonight as well. He was special.
“Happy to play with him and happy to have him in the England team.”
On Gordon he added: “Another player who’s also on fire in an England shirt. It’s nice to have players like that around you and put in performances like tonight.”
Reaction from Saka
Here are some thoughts from Bukayo Saka who told ITV: “It was an amazing night for us. We came out from the start we were top.
“We played with high energy, high spirit and we punished them and we enjoyed that performance.
“It was special and it was really fun to play. We played with energy and we were really clinical today, so that made a difference.
“Two goals for England is always a nice feeling, so I’m really happy with that.
“I think we showed the hunger, the passion and the quality that we have. It was a mixture of everything. It’s everything we’re looking for [from] an English performance tonight, so we’re really proud and we want to finish strongly on Tuesday now.”
Get you head around this
Anthony Gordon has scored two headed goals in his last two England appearances – across 248 total club appearances for Everton, Preston, Newcastle and Barcelona, he hasn’t scored a single header.
England up to second
As things stand in group A3, England are up to second and are level on points with Spain.
Spain are yet to play today and take on Czech Republic this evening.
England’s goal difference is huge now as well. They’re +8 from three games and that may have a point to play later in the group stage.
A massive win for England
This is England’s biggest ever victory in the Nations League.
An easy night for the Three Lions:
Brilliant Bellingham
Perhaps unsurprisingly Jude Bellingham has been given England’s player of the year award.
He celebrated by making three assists and scoring a goal for the Three Lions tonight.
Pure class.
Full-time! Croatia 0-7 England
90+2 mins: England have battered Croatia.
There is no other way to describe that match. It was a mauling from the Three Lions and a record win over Croatia in Croatia.
They had never before been beaten by more that three goals at home. England scored seven!




