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England fired six past Panama in a record breaking games for the Three Lions.
Harry Kane became the third player to score a World Cup hat-trick for England, joining Garry Lineker (1986) and Geoff Hurst (1966) in an elite club.
John Stones scored a brace and Jesse Lingard scored the other goal as England secured qualification from Group G in the record breaking game.
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The victory sets up a winner-takes-all showdown with Belgium on Thursday, as whoever emerges victorious from the tie in Kaliningrad will top the group, with a draw currently favouring England as they sit ahead of the Red Devils on fair play.
Here are the numerous records that England's thumping victory broke.
England's dominating performance was their biggest ever World Cup win.
Lionel Messi has five World Cup goals in 1444 minutes, Kane did that in 152.
The last time England scored four goals in a World Cup match was in the 1996 final against Germany.
When England fired three past Panama in the opening 36 minutes, talk of the biggest margin of victory erupted. The largest victories were by nine goals. Hungary 9-0 South Korea, 1954, Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire, 1974, Hungary 10-1 El Salvador, 1982.
This is already England's highest scoring World Cup of the 21st century.
Harry Kane has scored over five per cent of all goals England have scored at the World Cup.
John Stones became the second City player to score for England at the World Cup, and the first since Trevor Francis in 1982.
Jordan Henderson completed three tackles in the first half, more than any Panama player in the first 45 minutes.
Kane's penalty was the first time an England player scored from the spot in the World Cup since David Beckham's strike against Argentina in 2002.
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