The Three Lions captain scored twice to give his team a 2-1 victory in the last 32 clash in Atlanta on Wednesday (01.07.26) and hailed the belief of the players as they recovered to avoid a humiliating exit from the tournament.

Kane said post-match: "I'm proud of the group, proud of the boys. We spoke before the game about how difficult this game would be.

"You're coming up against a good team who defend and watch really well. They were dangerous in the counter attack, as we saw in that first 20 minutes of the game.

"So we had to just grind a win out, and I thought we played some really good stuff after 25 minutes of the game.

"Their keeper made some incredible saves, to be fair to him, and you start to think maybe it's just one of those days.

"But that's where I'm most proud of the boys and myself as well, just to keep the belief, keep getting the ball into the right areas, and you know one of us will have our hero moment, and thankfully for me it was today."

Kane joined his team-mates in a post-match singalong of Oasis classic Wonderwall and explained how he wanted the team to "celebrate" progressing to the next round for a clash against co-hosts Mexico.

He told BBC Sport: "I told the boys to enjoy [the win]. Sometimes, as an England player, when you go through tough games like this, and games you're expected to win, you don't always celebrate how you should.

"We're the same as every other nation, we're through, so enjoy it, you know? We're in a World Cup, fighting for it all, for every moment, every little margin.

"I want the boys to enjoy it, enjoy it with the fans like we did, and then we go again in four days."