Harry Kane equalled Wayne Rooney’s England goalscoring document after netting his 53rd purpose for his nation however ended the World Cup quarter-final towards France distraught after his pricey late penalty miss.
The England skipper, incomes his eightieth cap, smashed residence his first spot-kick to make it 1-1 after Bukayo Saka was introduced down within the space.
However, with Gareth Southgate’s aspect trailing 2-1, he then missed the prospect to interrupt the document by blasting a second penalty over the crossbar within the 84th minute as England bowed out of the competitors.
Harry Kane levelled Wayne Rooney as England’s all-time document goalscorer together with his second-half penalty
The Spurs star netted his 53rd purpose for the Three Lions of their World Cup defeat to France
Rooney was amongst these to supply his assist to the Tottenham striker.
He stated on Twitter: ‘Completely gutted for the lads however happy with the way in which they’ve performed this match and they need to be proud. Congratulations to @HKane on equalling the document, he’ll be on his personal quickly and could not consider anybody higher to take over. Preserve your head up Harry.’
England midfielder Jordan Henderson added on ITV: ‘We all know what number of penalties Harry has scored, what number of targets he has contributed for us to get us right here. He scored the primary one.
‘He will likely be stronger for it in the long term, I am certain. He is a world-class striker, our captain, and we would not be right here with out him.’
Spurs tweeted: ‘Head up Harry, we’re so happy with you.’
Kane was unable to surpass Rooney’s document from the penalty spot after England have been awarded a second penalty later within the recreation
Kane made his senior worldwide debut in 2015, scoring simply seconds after coming off the bench in a Euro 2016 qualifying win over Lithuania.
The 29-year-old gained the Golden Boot on the 2018 World Cup, the place his six targets helped England to the semi-final.
He then went on to attain in every of the knockout video games at Euro 2020, captaining Southgate’s aspect within the last as they misplaced on penalties to Italy.
Kane grabbed his first purpose of the 2022 finals within the 3-0 win over Senegal within the last-16 and has gone on to match Rooney’s haul at Al Bayt Stadium.
