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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andrew Beasley

How link between Bellingham and Kane has unlocked England’s stodgy attack

Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have linked up well so far at the World Cup.
Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have linked up well so far at the World Cup. Photograph: John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock

Thomas Tuchel faces an attacking conundrum. England have to extract the maximum output from Harry Kane while getting other players to contribute more. Jude Bellingham’s performance against Panama showed how both sides of this equation can be solved.

Kane has scored 13 goals in Tuchel’s 17 England matches, with no other player contributing more than three. He scored a penalty and a header from a corner against Croatia, then blazed over the bar from a rebound in the Ghana match. There was little of note created for him in open play.

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