“A nice problem to have”

Premier League’s all-time prime scorer Alan Shearer has tipped Gareth Southgate to start out Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden in England’s first knockout fixture on the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

England cruised to an emphatic 3-0 win over Wales of their remaining 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B fixture on Tuesday evening, 29 November. Rashford opened the scoring for the Three Lions with a direct free-kick within the fiftieth minute.

A minute later, Foden doubled his crew’s benefit with a tap-in from shut vary. Rashford bagged his second within the 68th minute, slotting between the legs of Wales’ keeper Danny Ward.

The win helped the Three Lions end atop Group B, edging second-placed USA by two factors. Southgate’s facet will tackle Group A runners-up Senegal within the final 16 on Sunday evening (4 December), and Shearer needs Southgate to area each Foden and Rashford. In his particular BBC column, Shearer wrote:

“It’s incredible for Southgate that he has so many choices in our frontline, and selecting who ought to play is a pleasant downside to have. We’ve got obtained a number of attacking expertise, so when any of them get a possibility on this England crew, they must benefit from it.

“When Southgate introduced in Phil Foden and Marcus Rashford for the Wales recreation, he was mainly saying ‘Over to you, I need to see what you are able to do’. They actually confirmed him that.”

Shearer added:

“There are nonetheless arguments for Raheem Sterling and Bukayo Saka to play, and Jack Grealish too, however I might count on Foden and Rashford to start out towards Senegal on Sunday too – they positively did sufficient.

“Each Rashford’s targets have been incredible and I’m so happy Foden obtained on the scoresheet too. A lot of folks, together with myself, have been shouting for him to play and he justified that together with his efficiency.”

England captain Harry Kane reveals his inventive facet in 2022 FIFA World Cup win over Wales

Tottenham Hotspur celebrity Harry Kane is extensively hailed as top-of-the-line strikers within the enterprise. Nonetheless, ruthless goalscoring will not be the one factor he brings to the desk. In Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Wales, it was Kane’s creativity that stole the present.

Kane delivered a wonderful low cross for Foden to faucet house within the 51st minute. He additionally created two huge possibilities and performed two key passes. The Spurs ace was glorious off the ball as effectively, luring Welsh defenders away time and time once more to create house for teammates.

His playmaking capacity got here to the fore in England’s 2022 FIFA World Cup opener towards Iran as effectively, with the ahead chipping in with two assists in a 6-2 win. After claiming three assists on the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Kane has emerged because the main help supplier in Qatar.

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