The inevitability of England’s record-breaker moulding this occasion in his direction just hung there in the air for a while, before falling perfectly into place.
Leading his country out as captain once more, Harry Kane tied level with Peter Shilton on 125 appearances to become England’s joint most-capped player in history and capped that with a stellar performance as England beat the Czech Republic 3-0 at Wembley Stadium in the Nations League.