England football

Minute-by-minute report: Harry Kane became his country's all-time record goalscorer as England won in Italy for the first time since 1961.

[England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) again. [England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) share first spot in the group with the Macedonians. We’d previously been informed that he’d gone into the book for a row with Spoinazzola, but as he’s not also been shown a red, turns out that was nonsense. The ball pings out for another corner. Di Lorenzo goes over in the environs of Trippier. 90 min +4: Tonali swings in from the left. [England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) shirt back on … Gnonto down the left. It wasn’t perfect, of course: England lost Luke Shaw to a couple of quickfire yellows, and perhaps more worryingly lost a bit of momentum in that second half; they really should have put the game to bed with their dominant first-half display. 90 min +5: Tonali probes down the right. I was so excited to put the England captain and all-time record goalscorer Harry Kane speaks to Channel 4.

The Three Lions manager spoke about the latest achievement of his captain Harry Kane, who became England's record goalscorer.

Speaking about the team's performance, Southgate added: "We showed two sides, without a doubt. "We should've had the game buried and been 3-0 at half time, and if you start any half of football the way we did in the second half you're going to be in trouble and we conceded a really poor goal with several errors in the lead up to it. "To break the record in the way that he did, given the recent history, is an indication of his strength of character and mentality.”

He smashes home a spot-kick just before half-time, to score his 54th international goal. Read more at straitstimes.com.

And the 45,000 crowd roared on Italy after Shaw was sent off after two quick-fire yellow cards, the second for chopping down Retegui to stop a dangerous Italy attack. Thursday’s match was the first since the passing of Gianluca Vialli, and there was a moving pre-match tribute to the former Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea forward who was a key part of Mancini’s staff. For Italy it was a frustrating night as a bad first-half display cost the Azzurri the chance to give England another bloody nose after winning Euro 2020 at their expense and relegating them from the Nations League top tier.

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) -Harry Kane became England's all-time top scorer as he took his tally to 54 by netting a penalty against Italy in a Euro 2024 ...

"Congratulations to Harry Kane on becoming England's all-time leading goalscorer. It was a special moment for the England captain who had the chance to break the record in the World Cup quarter-final against France but missed a penalty in the 2-1 defeat in Qatar. NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) -Harry Kane became England's all-time top scorer as he took his tally to 54 by netting a penalty against Italy in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Thursday.

Get a report of the Italy vs. England 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage football match.

"It's the first time that England have won in Italy for a long, long time and to be part of that is amazing. And to everyone in here, thank you to everyone who has made this dream come alive." [Jack Grealish](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/172850/Jack-Grealish) missed a glorious chance to make it 3-0 on the stroke of half-time. "I want to also say a big thank you to my teammates, to the staff, the fans, my family back home and my wife. "I knew it wouldn't take long but that was quick. [Jude Bellingham](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/291281/Jude-Bellingham) ran the show in the early stages for England and he forced a superb save from Donnarumma when he let fly with a ferocious shot from distance. Congrats Harry!" [Leonardo Spinazzola](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/148974/Leonardo-Spinazzola) it fell kindly for Rice to shoot past Donnarumma. [Argentina](/soccer/team?id=202)-born Retegui smashed a low shot past [Jordan Pickford](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/159443/Jordan-Pickford). [Luke Shaw](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/167127/Luke-Shaw) was sent off for a second yellow card to leave England to defend the final minutes with 10 men. [Harry Maguire](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/157073/Harry-Maguire). [European Championship](/soccer/league/_/name/UEFA.EURO), won on penalties by Italy, England were vastly superior in the first half and went into the break with a 2-0 lead courtesy of [Declan Rice](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/238262/Declan-Rice) and Kane's record-breaking strike from the penalty spot.