Harry Kane scored three times to edge England closer to booking a place at the 2022 Qatar World Cup
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Three Lions of England put five past a sorry Albanian team in the first half, in a World Cup qualifying game played at Wembley Stadium.
England dominated the game from the start and were duly rewarded in the 9th minute when Harry Maguire scored with his head from Reece James freekick.
The home side made it 2-0 in the 18th minute after Jordan Henderson provided an aerial pass for Harry Kane, who headed it in for his first goal of the night.
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The Spurs striker returned the favor ten minutes later when Henderson scored from a cheeky one-two with him to make it 3-0 to England.
Kane made it a brace in the 33rd minute after he scored from a defense splitting pass from Raheem Sterling to score the fourth for England.
Phil Folden’s corner kick was brilliantly met by Harry Kane’s acrobatically volley in the 47th minute, to score his hat trick and give England a 5-0 lead.
Albania regrouped in the second half and curtailed England’s rampaging forwards with some heroic defending and good organization
They were able to hold on and ensure the home side did not add to their first-half tally before the German referee, Felix Zwayer, brought proceedings to an end.
Other scores in World Cup qualifying:
Andorra 1-4 Poland
Austria 4-2 Israel
Denmark 3-1 Faroe Islands
England 5-0 Albania
Hungary 4-0 San Marino
Italy 1-1 Switzerland
Northern Ireland 1-0 Lithuania
