Harry Kane admits England's performance 'just wasn't enough' after World Cup defeat

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a]'s strike had put the Three Lions on the cusp of a first men's World Cup final since they lifted the 1966 trophy, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/messi-lionel/vgOOdZbd/"]Lionel Messi[/a] inspired a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/argentina-f9OppQjp/england-j9N9ZNFA/summary/stats/?mid=pKVyGJbD"]dramatic turnaround in Atlanta[/a].[/p][p]He set up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-enzo/nZnbEVWP/"]Enzo Fernandez[/a], who blasted home from outside the area, and provided an inch-perfect cross for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-lautaro/QHk1CXUh/"]Lautaro Martinez[/a]'s winner in stoppage time.[/p][p][b]"Gutted for the boys, gutted for everyone - the team, the staff, the fans,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Kane[/a] told the [i]BBC[/i].[/p][p][b]"We played a good game, the large majority of it. When we went 1-0 up we seemed to try and hold on, which at this level is not enough.[/b][/p][p][b]"So, just gutted because we've worked so hard to be here and the lads have given every last bit of running, blood, sweat, tears."[/b][/p][embed guid="6b4cd535-52a0-4dba-a3ed-66aaf2783127" url="https://x.com/BBCSport/status/2077505381941629368" social-type="twitter" /][p]Bayern Munich forward Kane, who scored six goals during the tournament, said Thomas Tuchel's men had struggled to repel constant attacks from the defending champions.[/p][p][b]"After the goal, whether it was them putting more men forward or us not being able to match them man for man, it was just wave after wave," [/b]he said.[/p][p][b]"Lads were putting blocks in but, in the end, it just wasn't enough."[/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="3ec262ac-ab91-496f-b936-f1453312f0d1" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="7a87b552-b149-4435-8b10-785a1c714c30" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]He said England had not planned to rely on defending after Gordon's goal.[/p][p][b]"When we went ahead the messaging was to go again and get another goal," [/b]he added.[/p][p][b]"Then once they scored their two goals it was to try and find something but we couldn't quite get the momentum back in the game."[/b][/p][infobox id="223b89ff-ddb8-4772-8cfb-8f89aea85267" /]