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Nick Ames at Wembley

England 3-0 Ivory Coast: player ratings from Wembley friendly

England’s Jude Bellingham shoots while Eric Bailly tries to block
England’s Jude Bellingham shoots while Eric Bailly of Ivory Coast tries to block during the home side’s 3-0 win at Wembley. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Nick Pope Will never have a quieter night in England’s colours, or anyone else’s, but distributed accurately. 6

Ben White Did well enough in 45 minutes at right-back under limited examination. One glorious chipped pass to Sterling. 6

Harry Maguire Booed by a few at the start, but brought ball out of defence consummately to set second goal in motion. Secure against limp opponents. 7

Tyrone Mings Not an occasion to answer questions about his defensive worth, but capped the night with a towering header. 7

Tyrick Mitchell Dealt comfortably with potentially tricky customer in Pépé on his first start and came close to scoring with an angled strike. 7

James Ward-Prowse Should have had a set-piece assist for Rice and shaved the bar with cracking long-range effort after the break. 7

Declan Rice Offers so much drive with Bellingham, as early run and shot showed, but should have scored free header. Sumptuous passing range. 7

Jude Bellingham Staked a serious claim with vision and penetration on the ball, along with clever pressing off it. Hit post after slick move. Player of the match. 8

Raheem Sterling Trickery and tenacity laid goal on plate for Watkins; scored himself in aftermath of his own excellent run and shot. Fine display. 8

Ollie Watkins Willing and inventive runner up front who showed predatory instincts to open the scoring from Sterling’s centre. 7

Jack Grealish At the heart of some intricate, purposeful England moves. Teed up Bellingham chance and smart first-time assist for Sterling. 7

Substitutes

Kyle Walker-Peters (for White, 45) Lost his man when Deli missed Ivory Coast’s only chance. 5

Luke Shaw (for Mitchell, 62) Tidy enough but cheap free-kick could have cost goal. 6

Emile Smith Rowe (for Grealish, 62) Missed late chance in rare moment of excitement after break. 6

Harry Kane (for Watkins, 62) Tiniest late glimpse of a 50th goal eluded him. 6

Phil Foden (for Sterling, 62) A couple of delightful touches and a searching corner for Mings goal. 7

Conor Gallagher (for Ward-Prowse, 80) Glimmers of energy but little time to make impact. 6

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