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goals the way we did isn’t the level we need.

“So, we are going to have to be better than we were today in certain aspects of our game against the USA because they are going to be coming for us full-throttle, and we are going to have to reset. I don’t like games that drift as this one did.

Understand

“I understand the focus drifting, but that won’t be enough for us to progress in the tournament, so we still have a lot to do to qualify.”

Saka bagged a brace, with goals also coming from teenage star Jude Bellingham, who opened his account for his country on the greatest stage of all, and Sterling, as well as

Rashford and Grealish as England swatted aside FIFA’s 20th-ranked side with the greatest of ease.

But the Three Lions switched off at 4-0 up to allow Mehdi Taremi to pull one back in the 65th-minute, while the Iran striker scored from the spot in stoppage time after John Stones pulled him down.

It took some of the gloss of what was an otherwise topnotch performance. Southgate (inset) said:

“It’s a great start for us, it’s a good platform to build on, but there are things we need to be better at if we’re going to progress into the latter stages.”

And the England manager eased any concerns over Harry Kane picking up an ankle knock, while Harry Maguire was taken off because he was ill and didn’t suffer concussion.