When you’ve seen one comfortable England win in a Wembley qualifier you’ve pretty much seen them all, but this really did feel like watching a very particular repeat.
As with Friday night’s 2-0 victory over Albania, there was an opening period against Latvia played almost exclusively in one half of the pitch. There was plenty of effort and eagerness, without a great deal of incision, and an utterly avoidable scare, born of a mix-up between Jordan Pickford and his left-sided centre-back.
