Anthony Gordon changed the game in just 29 minutes. 🔥🏴
📊 vs DR Congo 🇨🇩 ⏱️ 29' 🅰️ 2 Assists 🎯 0.20 xA ✅ 18/20 passes (90%) 🪄 2 Chances Created 💥 1 Big Chance Created 👟 34 Touches 📦 3 Touches in the opposition box ⭐ 8.1 Match Rating
Two assists off the bench. A game-changing performance when England needed him most.
Anthony Gordon now has more World Cup knockout goal contributions than “I’m Back” of Portugal. 😭🇵🇹
Visca Barça. 💙❤️
Anthony Gordon changed the game in just 29 minutes. 🔥🏴
📊 vs DR Congo 🇨🇩 ⏱️ 29' 🅰️ 2 Assists 🎯 0.20 xA ✅ 18/20 passes (90%) 🪄 2 Chances Created 💥 1 Big Chance Created 👟 34 Touches 📦 3 Touches in the opposition box ⭐ 8.1 Match Rating
Two assists off the bench. A game-changing performance when England needed him most.
Anthony Gordon now has more World Cup knockout goal contributions than “I’m Back” of Portugal. 😭🇵🇹
Visca Barça. 💙❤️
🚨JUST IN: Fiorentino Perez has been looking closely at the World Cup and is reportedly working on FIVE signings of £150m value, to strengthen Real Madrid this summer.
🇮🇹 Sandro Tonali(£150m)
🇫🇷 Michael Olise(£150m)
🏴Harry Kane (£15….listed
It's not going to be easy for Portugal
Croatia, Spain, Belgium/Senegal/USA/Bosnia and France/Morocco before getting to the finals
#WorldCup#FIFAWorldCup
🚨 Harry Kane after winning Man of the Match for his brace in England’s victory over DR Congo to reach the Round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup:
🗣️ “This award is special, but qualifying for the Round of 16 means far more. At the end of the day, nobody remembers who won Man of the Match if your country is going home. Tonight, England are still alive, and that’s what matters.”
“When DR Congo went ahead, nobody panicked. We stayed together, trusted each other and believed our moment would come. That’s the mentality you need if you want to achieve something special at a World Cup.”
“I’m happy with the two goals, but those goals belong to the team. Gordon, Bellingham, Rice, everyone kept pushing until the final whistle. Football is never about one player, especially in a tournament like this.”
“You dream about scoring at the World Cup as a kid, but helping your country progress is an even greater feeling. Seeing our supporters celebrate together after the final whistle is something I’ll never take for granted.”
“We know the job isn’t finished. Reaching the Round of 16 is only another step. If we want to lift the World Cup, we have to keep improving because every match from now on becomes even more difficult.”
“We’ve shown character tonight. We came from behind, handled the pressure and found a way to win. Those are the qualities champions need.”
“We respect every team that’s left in this competition, but we also believe in ourselves. England have waited a very long time for another World Cup, and we’re determined to give absolutely everything to make history.”
🚨Should England have had a penalty for challenge on Kane?
"This is so difficult," former Premier League assistant referee Darren Cann told @BBCOne.
Darren cann 🎙️🗣️:"There are four of us here, two think it's a penalty, two think it's not a penalty and therefore it's not clear and obvious in terms of VAR.
"From live play it looks a penalty, a small touch on Harry Kane's ankle from the goalkeeper and he would be expecting to give away a penalty.
"From the referee's angle, Kane puts his two feet together, he stumbles and it doesn't look as much of a penalty. There-in lies the difference. For me, I think it's a penalty.
"The referee's decision would stand if he had given a penalty, the VAR would not have intervened."
Ex-goalkeeper Paul Robinson, who played for England at the 2006 World Cup, also said: "If England are to lose then there will be a question asked for a long time because it's a stonewall penalty.
"Harry Kane initiates the contact but the contact is there. He's very clever, very experienced and he goes into the goalkeeper."
#England