England scored late to safe three factors in their first sport of the World Cup in opposition to Tunisia. Captain Harry Kane scored from shut vary early to give the Three Lions the lead, nonetheless their purpose was cancelled out when Tunisia equalised from the penalty spot after Kyle Walker gave away a penalty. However Kane once more got here to the rescue scoring a late header from a nook giving England all three factors.
Here are the participant scores:
eight. Tunisia: Goalkeeper and Defenders
Moez Hassen 5/10: Looked little shaky at instances, nonetheless one of the best save he made sadly lead to England's purpose earlier than he had to come off with a shoulder damage early into the sport.
Dylan Bronn 7/10: Got himself down the road a couple of times, and put in the cross that led to the penalty.
Syam Ben Youssef 7/10: Made a purpose line clearance, defended properly for a lot of the sport, nonetheless, he was undone on the loss of life from a set piece.
Yassine Meriah 6/10: Performed fairly properly all through.
Ali Maaloul 6/10: Did properly in opposition to Raheem Sterling for almost all of the sport, and had a strong sport.
7. Tunisia: Midfielders
Ferjani Sassi 7/10: Had a good sport in the center of the park for Tunisia, scored the penalty and was all spherical fairly strong.
Ellyes Skhiri 6/10: Went toe to toe with Jordan Henderson, Jesse Lingard and Dele Alli, wasn't overrun at any stage and put in a strong efficiency.
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 6/10: Solid efficiency in the midfield, nothing particular however did not make any foolish errors.
6. Tunisia: Forwards
Wahbi Khazri 6/10: Tunisia captain and participant to watch earlier than the sport, Khazri did not threaten a lot, had one likelihood blocked and like the remainder of his teammates labored and battled exhausting.
Anice Badri 6/10: Got concerned defensively, labored exhausting at instances and supplied himself for his teammates in the ahead position.
Naim Sliti 6/10: Had a comparatively common sport, did not actually make an excessive amount of of an influence nonetheless labored exhausting all through.
5. Tunisia: Substitutes
Ben Mustapha four/10: Stood nonetheless on the final purpose costing his group a level. Awful preserving not to even make an effort to transfer in direction of the ball.
Ben Amor 5/10: Didn't make an influence off the bench.
Sabir Khalifa 5/10: Also did not make an influence from the bench.
4. England: Goalkeeper and Defenders
Jordan Pickford 6/10: Perhaps ought to've saved the penalty.
Kyle Walker 5/10: Gave away a penalty after a foolish positional error. Other than that mistake, he did not actually put a foot fallacious.
John Stones eight/10: Was instrumental in the primary purpose, after his header was saved on the purpose line. Solid on the again and one in every of England's higher gamers.
Harry Maguire 7/10: comparatively quiet, had one likelihood from a set piece, no obvious errors and nothing to particular both.
Kieran Trippier 5/10: Didn't deliver the required width to stretch the sport, and appeared unable to supply any actual attacking menace.
Ashley Young 5/10: Same as Trippier. Didn't stretch the sport, did not supply something substantial going ahead.
3. England: Midfielders
Jordan Henderson 6/10: Made a few good passes, managed the sport comparatively properly, nonetheless did not actually have any sport altering influence.
Jesse Lingard 6/10: Looked vibrant, discovered himself in some good positions, lacked the completion. Unlucky when hitting the put up.
Dele Alli 5/10: Was very quiet, had no affect on the sport and as one in every of England's key hopes was additionally fairly disappointing.
2. England: Forwards
Raheem Sterling four/10: Missed a sitter early on, and had little or no affect in the ultimate third He actually has to enhance in closing third. A really disappointing first World Cup sport for Raheem Sterling.
Harry Kane 9/10: Scored two objectives each typical strikers finishes from the set items giving England the three factors. Excellent efficiency from the captain.
1. England: Substitutes
Marcus Rashford 6/10: Caused issues when he got here on.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 6/10: Made a run or two however did not have sufficient time to affect the sport.
Eric Dier 6/10: Didn't have sufficient time to make an influence.