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England beat Croatia 4-2 as Kane scores twice

Croatia's Ivan Perisic reacts after England's Marcus Rashford scored their fourth goal. REUTERS

ARLINGTON, ​Texas: ⁠England ⁠got their World ​Cup campaign off to a winning start as ​they beat Croatia ‌4-2 on Wednesday thanks to two goals from captain Harry Kane and one apiece from Jude Bellingham and substitute Marcus Rashford.

Kane opened the scoring ​with a ⁠retaken penalty in the 12th minute before Croatia levelled 24 minutes later when Martin Baturina capitalised on ‌errors by England’s midfield and unleashed a shot that Jordan Pickford got a hand to but could not stop.

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