Harry Kane needn’t have done much in this game for the night to still have been all about him, but England’s all-time record goalscorer saved perhaps his finest goal for his country for his 100th cap.Asked this week which is his favourite goal among the 66 (now 68) he had scored for his country, the answer — his only goal from long range, against Poland in 2021 — was a reminder that Kane is a natural finisher in the purest sense, more clinical than spectacular.What could be more fitting, then, than the way it all panned out on Tuesday night? The evening began with fellow centurions Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole presenting him with a commemorative 100th cap, and ended with him scoring twice — including his finest strike for his country yet. The eventual 2-0 win over Finland was richly deserved and made it six points from six in the Nations League.
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00:00Full time here at Wembley and England have won 2-0 against Finland. Six points for a possible six
00:07to start the UEFA Nations League campaign here and this was another really assured display
00:12by England just as they produced in Dublin on Saturday in the 2-0 win over Ireland. It took a
00:18while to come the first goal of this match and it was scored of course by Harry Kane who looked
00:25absolutely possessed on this occasion of his 100th cap, just the 10th century in England's
00:30history. He was presented before the match with a commemorative 100th cap by Frank Lampard and
00:36Ashley Cole who also reached that landmark and he looked obsessed with the idea of scoring in
00:40this match and in the end ended up scoring the game's only two goals including by my reckoning
00:46one of the finest strikes, perhaps his finest strike in an England shirt technically speaking.
00:51That was the first goal which came from a lovely Trent Alexander-Arnott pass. He then received Kane,
00:57took the ball away from the defender and slammed it past the goalkeeper in off the crossbar.
01:01Alexander-Arnott by the way was a really, really key performer for England here. Line-breaking
01:06pass after line-breaking pass. He played fantastically and I think he will feel that
01:10he can really take that right back spot off Kyle Walker now once and for all. Of course he struggled
01:16to take it during Gareth Southgate's tenure but now Lee Carsley is in charge, interim charge at
01:22least and Trent Alexander-Arnott played really well here. There were also some good performances
01:26by Rico Lewis and Angel Gomez. Both of those were making their second England appearances so
01:31inexperienced at this level but that didn't show Lewis and Gomez both good
01:36and for England overall a really positive night.