Kane celebrates historic night in style as England cruise past the Czech Republic

[embed guid="3ab815ee-1943-495e-80e6-f550605b4c45" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2107574132384706908" social-type="twitter" /][p]It’s been an international break filled with promise for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a], but a defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] earlier in this break rendered this game a must-win to have any hopes of topping Group A3.[/p][p]Thomas Tuchel’s men started on the front foot and almost took an early lead when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexander-arnold-trent/CEVJy6Bc/"]Trent Alexander-Arnold[/a]’s 30-yard free-kick needed turning around the post by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hornicek-lukas/4xGGcozp/"]Lukas Hornicek[/a].[/p][p]The Three Lions didn’t have it all their own way, and the Czechs fired a warning shot moments later when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kral-alex/UuiJcUMl/"]Alex Kral[/a] was afforded too much time on the edge of the area and rippled the side netting.[/p][p][b]Yet for all the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/czech-republic/6LHwBDGU/"]Czech Republic[/a]’s dogged defending in the opening 25 minutes, their resistance was broken in self-inflicted circumstances, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Kane[/a]’s teasing ball across the six-yard line was turned into his own net by the unfortunate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/coufal-vladimir/n92l9Tl1/"]Vladimir Coufal[/a].[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anderson-elliott/KdYCbsbE/"]Elliot Anderson[/a] ought to have added a second within minutes of the restart, only to blaze over from close range, but he redeemed himself before the break when his raking 30-yard pass found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-morgan/lp4jm80n/"]Morgan Rogers[/a], who squared for Kane to bury his 90th England goal on a night where he drew level with England’s all-time record appearance maker Peter Shilton on 125 caps.[/b][/p][embed guid="e526452f-b513-404d-a534-d7a95a175fe5" url="https://x.com/England/status/2107553724541403277" social-type="twitter" /][p]Number 91 very nearly came around for Kane within 10 minutes of the restart as, following some impressive midfield work from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lewis-skelly-myles/bDeyKrHT/"]Myles Lewis-Skelly[/a], the forward was found on the edge of the area and powered an effort against the crossbar.[/p][p][b]He didn’t have to wait too much longer, though, as Kane inched closer to becoming the first-ever Three Lions player to score a century of goals when he climbed highest at the far post to head home Lewis Hall’s inswinging corner.[/b][/p][embed guid="240e37a4-1815-4320-9667-5fda7374f546" url="https://x.com/England/status/2107570409856204871" social-type="twitter" /][p]The result being secure allowed Tuchel to shuffle his pack in the closing stages, introducing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ngumoha-rio/rejpF30d/"]Rio Ngumoha[/a] for a Wembley bow before withdrawing Kane to a hero's reception on his special evening.[/p][p]The Bayern Munich forward is set to break Shilton’s record when England next take to the Wembley turf against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]Croatia[/a] in November, a night on which they will also be able to rubber-stamp their spot in the Nations League quarter-finals.[/p][p]Czech Republic, meanwhile, are bottom of the group and looking perilously placed in the battle to avoid automatic relegation to League B.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Harry Kane[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a])[/b][/p][image alt="Kane's match stats" id="79cd8f55-8237-4f9d-9b7d-88f01818340e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="250b8bf0-27f5-4dda-ae4c-d2b8bb2b0280" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/czech-republic-6LHwBDGU/england-j9N9ZNFA/?mid=OvE4kA1E"]Click here to see all the match stats[/a][/b][/p]