Harry Kane’s missed penalty will join the annals of haunting and heartbreaking England moments - up there with Bukayo Saka last summer, Chris Waddle, Gareth Southgate and all that - but the moment was not in keeping with an impressive display in defeat.
On the eve of the World Cup quarter-final against France, Kane had urged his team-mates to have no regrets and leave everything on the pitch, but reminded them that this is football. “You can lose being the best team,” the captain had said.
