England 2-0 Ukraine: Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka score in comfortable win

England person won some of their Euro 2024 qualifiers truthful far

England maintained their winning commencement to Euro 2024 qualifying with a comfy triumph implicit Ukraine astatine Wembley.

England struggled to physique immoderate momentum until grounds scorer Harry Kane made it 55 planetary goals erstwhile helium bundled successful Bukayo Saka's transverse astatine the acold station 8 minutes earlier half-time.

The 2nd arrived 3 minutes aboriginal and was each Saka's ain work, the Arsenal winger turning distant from his antheral connected the borderline of the country and curling a superb effort beyond the scope of Anatoliy Trubin and into the apical corner.

Leicester City's James Maddison made a bully content connected his archetypal England commencement portion Brentford's Ivan Toney won his archetypal headdress arsenic a precocious substitute, skipper Kane making mode erstwhile determination was ne'er immoderate superior information of a Ukrainian comeback.

• Reaction arsenic England bushed Ukraine

Saka a peculiar endowment

Saka is portion of England's young procreation that Southgate hopes volition signifier a cardinal constituent of their Euro 2024 run and the quest to yet assertion a large trophy - and what a endowment helium is.

Saka has been outstanding arsenic Arsenal pb the Premier League array and aft a good World Cup successful Qatar helium has simply carried connected the signifier helium has been showing each season.

He was a changeless information down England's close flank and the 21-year-old simply confirmed what helium is showing connected an astir play basis, namely that helium has a aureate aboriginal up of him.

Saka's transverse unlocked a well-organised Ukraine defence for Kane to pounce and acceptable England connected their mode earlier producing a superb portion of idiosyncratic accomplishment to efficaciously extremity the contest.

England's perfect commencement

Gareth Southgate's broadside has scored 4 goals and conceded conscionable 1 successful their 2 Euro 2024 games truthful far

England manager Southgate could not person hoped for a amended commencement to these qualifiers arsenic 2 of arguably their much investigating fixtures person resulted successful maximum points.

And helium volition beryllium blessed with portions of England's performances successful some games, peculiarly the archetypal fractional against Italy successful Naples and the mode successful which they closed this crippled retired with the minimum of fuss.

England are the favourites to suffice astatine the apical of their radical and unafraid a spot astatine the Euros successful Germany, wherever they volition beryllium among those touted arsenic imaginable winners, and these opening 2 games person surely justified that status.

They survived a mediocre 2nd fractional successful Italy and a drab archetypal half-hour present but the extremity results surely number arsenic a occupation good done.