England v Finland LIVE: Nations League result as Harry Kane scores twice on 100th appearance
England 2-0 Finland: Two goals from the captain were enough for Lee Carsley’s team to secure a second win of the autumn international break
England continued their winning streak under interim manager Lee Carsley as they backed up their victory over the Republic of Ireland with a 2-0 win against Finland at Wembley.
The Three Lions impressed in the first half in Dublin with a free-flowing and agressive style of play but here they were frustrated trying to break through a low block though Anthony Gordon was a bright spark on the left side especially when combining with Jack Grealish and Rico Lewis.
Harry Kane, making his 100th appearance for England tonight, thought he’d opened the scoring with a fine header from Bukayo Saka’s cross but the goal was chalked off for offside resulting in a goalless first 45 minutes.
But, Kane broke the deadlock with a blistering second half strike. He added a second after being fed the ball in the box by substitute Noni Madueke and capped off a night to remember with another superb win.
Relive all the updates from the Nations League match between England and Finland below.
FT England 2-0 Finland
Harry Kane is the only player to score more than once on his 100th appearance for the England men’s team. Tonight is his first double for his country since October 2023, when he netted twice versus Italy.
Full-time! England 2-0 Finland
90+5 mins: There goes the full-time whistle!
England have beaten Finland at Wembley. They are two wins from two in the Lee Carsely era and have shown enough promise to get fans enthused for what is still to come.
On his 100th appearance for the national team, captain Harry Kane scored both goals and made it a night to remember.
England 2-0 Finland
90 mins: A decent outing again for England tonight. Is Lee Carsley doing enough to convince the FA to give him the managerial role full-time?
Five added minutes to play.
England 2-0 Finland
87 mins: England are attempting to squeeze the ball through the smallest of gaps and get it into the penalty area. Finaland are defending deep and there’s no way through.
Despite being behind, it’s been a decent defensive effort from them tonight with only a couple of blips.
England 2-0 Finland
84 mins: Marc Guehi has also been brought on to replace John Stones for the final few minutes. England continue to control play and are looking to get forward.
They’re not sitting on their lead and seem to want to score more.
England 2-0 Finland
81 mins: Inside the final 10 minutes with England in complete control now.
Two goals from Harry Kane are enough to settle the match in their favour but there are plenty of players on the pitch now who hope to impress the current regime ahead of October’s international break.
England 2-0 Finland
79 mins: Wembley rises as Harry Kane is taken off by manager Lee Carsley. There’s a standing ovation for the England captain who is replaced with Jarrod Bowen.
GOAL! England 2-0 Finland (Harry Kane, 76’)
76 mins: It’s Harry Kane again!
Noni Madueke has the ball out on the right wing and passes it back to Trent Alexander-Arnold who threads a through ball past the nearest two defenders to send Madueke into space.
Madueke slides it into the box for Harry Kane who, having already picked his spot, hooks the ball into the back of the net!
England 1-0 Finland
75 mins: Declan Rice pushes up the pitch and nicks back the ball. He lays it across to Jack Grealish who feeds a pass into the penalty area for Eberechi Eze.
Eze should shoot first time but the defender scurries across and cuts off the angle. Eze tries to cut in for more space but loses possession.
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