It was never going to be about the win. It had been inevitable for England against the team ranked 140 in the world. Is this the famous English arrogance? Maybe. What it was always going to be about was the manner of the victory. Whether there were any signs of Thomas Tuchel getting his messages across, sprinkling his magic.
It was easy to enjoy the Mexican wave rippling around Wembley in the 75th minute, shortly after Harry Kane had made it 2-0 and just before Eberechi Eze, on as a substitute, made a few stepovers and watched his shot deflect in off the Latvia captain, Antonijs Cernomordijs, for No 3. It was Eze’s first England goal.
