ENGLAND have suffered an injury scare after Harry Kane limped out of the Khalifa Stadium with his ankle strapped.
The Three Lions began their World Cup campaign in Qatar with a brilliant 6-2 victory over Iran this afternoon.
Bukayo Saka grabbed two of the goals while Jude Bellingham, Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford also got their names on the scoresheet.
However, England’s captain not only failed to get amongst the goals, he also suffered a knock to his ankle.
Kane went down holding his ankle following a meaty tackle at the start of the second half.
He was able to continue playing after treatment but he was given a breather later on as he was subbed off on 76 minutes.
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As he left the ground he had strapping on his ankle as he limped towards the team bus.
SunSport understands that he will be assessed over the next 48 hours, but England have no serious fears over his fitness.
Boss Gareth Southgate said afterwards: “I think Harry [Kane]’s fine.”
Kane was also pictured in the stands after the game with a smile on his face.
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And Kane made no reference to his supposed knock in a post-match clip on social media.
He said: “Hi guys, obviously a really good start to the World Cup campaign. Full credit to the boys.
“It’s never easy getting off to a winning start in a major tournament and to score six goals shows that we’re in a really good place.
“Still a lot of work to do of course. We know that there’s a long way to go. But overall, really pleasing.
“Congrats to Jude [Bellingham] for his first England goal, no better place to do it.
“Bukayo [Saka] on fire with two great finishes so, yeah, everyone out there today done their country proud.
“We move onto the next one now, so thanks for all your support back home and here in the stadium as well.
“Let’s keep it going for the next game against the USA.”
England face the USA on Friday in the second match of Group B.
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And that is before their third and final one against Wales on Tuesday 29 November.
Kane will also be desperate to play in both of those matches as he needs just three more goals to overtake Wayne Rooney as England’s all-time top scorer.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
