England v Bosnia LIVE: Result and reaction from Euro 2024 warm-up as Kane and Alexander-Arnold add late goals
England 3-0 Bosnia: A scrappy England performance was salvaged by Kane and Alexander-Arnold late on after Cole Palmer’s penalty
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Trent Alexander-Arnold capped an impressive individual display with a tremendous volley as England beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 in their latest Euro 2024 warm-up friendly.
Preparations for this summer’s shot at silverware stepped up at St James’ Park as players got a chance to stake their claim for a place on the plane, or even a starting role against Serbia.
Cole Palmer’s spot-kick was followed by an excellent Alexander-Arnold effort and late Harry Kane goal on a night that provided manager Gareth Southgate with plenty of food for thought ahead of Friday’s final squad submission.
Eberechi Eze and Palmer produced positive displays on their first England starts, with the latter opening his international account after Ezri Konsa, another impressive performer, was fouled in the box. Alexander-Arnold did well on his latest audition in midfield but had reverted to a more familiar right-back role when he scored a superb late volley that substitute Kane added to.
Relive all the action from England versus Bosnia below:
FULL-TIME! England 3-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
94 mins: FULL-TIME! Maddison has one last chance to find Grealish on the overlap but he’s dispossessed and the whsitle blows!
A decent second half from the Three Lions, with two debutants and a couple of players who’ll have played their way into the mind of Gareth Southgate.
England 3-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
93 mins: Both teams seem happy to close the game out now as we approach the final whistle.
England 3-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
91 mins: Four minutes of added time here at the end of what is a harsh result on Bosnia.
GOAL! England 3-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
88mins: GOAL! Scrappy, but Kane won’t care!
Grealish has the ball in the box and he plays a lovely disguised pass to the overlapping Maddison. He cuts it back to Bowen, whose shot is blocked on the line by Konsa!
Nevertheless, it bounces back out to Kane, who manages to turn it in.
England 2-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
87 mins: Lovely from Gallagher, who finds himself in space and beats two men before unleashing a shot that is saved behind fora corner.
GOAL! England 2-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
85 mins: GOAL! That is superb.
England put in a series of crosses that come to nothing, before Wharton spreads it to Grealish. He takes his time before hooking in a cross towards Alexander-Arnold, and the Liverpool man hits a sublime volley that goes across the ‘keeper and creeps in at the far post.
England 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
82 mins: Two more changes for Bosnia. Gigovic and Ahmedhodzic come off for Burnic and Muharemovic.
England 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
81 mins: A lot more narrow from England now, with Grealish providing a little less width than Eze.
Alexander-Arnold does well to pick out Grealish with the diagonal. The City winger drives into the box and cuts on the outside before playing a pass to Maddison, but the Spurs man mistimes his touch and can only get a scuffed shot away.
England 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
78 mins: Alexander-Arnold almost releases Kane down the middle, but it’s a poor touch from the captain.
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