Having watched Ollie Watkins’s lunchtime hat-trick at Villa Park, Gareth Southgate may well have had his fill of friendly reminders ahead of announcing his latest England squad this coming Thursday.
But were the Three Lions manager in the mood for just one more, he need have looked no further than the London Stadium, where Jarrod Bowen continued his superb start to the campaign to set West Ham on their way to the most routine of 2-0 wins over a desperate Sheffield United.
