World Cup Qualifiers | ‘We made Serbia look average’: England captain Harry Kane

Thomas Tuchel urged ldquoamazingrdquo England to use their 50 demolition of Serbia as the standard they must maintain on the road to the World CupTuchelrsquos side finally delivered the first eyecatching performance of the Germanrsquos reign as Serbia were swatted aside in Belgrade Goals from Harry Kane Noni Madueke Ezri Konsa Marc Guehi and Marcus Rashford moved England closer to qualifying for next yearrsquos World CupThomas TuchelThe Three Lions sit top of Group K after five successive victories with 13 goals scored and none conceded They need a maximum of five points from their last three games to book their spot at the tournament in the United States Canada and MexicoEngland captain Kane has thrived since Tuchel took charge and his 74th international goal set the tone for the rout in Belgrade Kane was impressed with the way England took the attack to Serbia right from the start ldquoI spoke a lot yesterday about how we wanted to play being on the front foot and being aggressive and I think we showed our level todayrdquo he said ldquoWe scored five and made it look comfortable Serbia are a good team and we made them look average tonightrdquoSigns of improvementCriticised for a series of lacklustre displays in his first five matches Tuchel was relieved to see England produce the kind of vibrant show he had promised after succeeding Gareth SouthgateldquoWersquove only had three weeks of training and thatrsquos normally half a preseason It takes time and in between there are weeks of pause Today is a statement victory against a difficult opponent in a difficult environment There was no negative attitude on the pitch It was teamwork in itrsquos purest form Then we played football to a high level The players did excellent The credit goes to them they did amazing Thatrsquos the barrdquo Tuchel saidMeanwhile Norway produced a 111 thumping of Moldova to make it five wins from five in Group I Haaland was the star of the show scoring a firsthalf hattrick before nodding in his fourth goal not long after the restartPortugal France winPortugal clinched a 32 win over Hungary at the Puskas Arena backing up their opening Group F victory 50 against Armenia last week Barnabas Varga gave the home side the lead before Bernardo Silvarsquos leveller for Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo netted a recordextending 141st international goal with a spotkick just before the hourFrance held on with 10 men to beat Iceland 21 after coming from behind thanks to a goal and assist from MbappeIceland took a surprise lead when Michael Olise gave away the ball in his own penalty area and Andri Gudjohnsen pounced on it to scoreMbappe finally got France into the game when he converted a penalty just before halftime after being shoved by Mikael Anderson Mbappe led a break for the second goal and set up Bradley Barcola to score in the 62nd minuteThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever