England manager Gareth Southgate hailed a brilliant performance by captain Harry Kane as the striker claimed a first-half hat-trick in a 5-0 demolition of Albania at Wembley on Friday.
Kane has come under scrutiny this season due to his mediocre form for Tottenham Hotspur. He has managed only one Premier League goal and has lacked sharpness and spark since his hoped-for move to Manchester City failed to come to fruition.“Whenever I get chances I feel like I'm going to score. I could probably have had six on another night,” Kane, who was substituted just past the hour mark, said.
“Whenever I score I seem to be sharp, whenever I don't I'm not sharp any more. That is part and parcel of being a striker. The most important thing is we are moving forward as a team.” But they answered Southgate's call to play on the front foot from the first whistle against Albania with a swashbuckling first-half display that the visitors could not handle.
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