Gulf phwoar but battles to come

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But he added: “I didn’t like the end of the game. To concede two 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. 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.”

England switched off at 4-0 to let Mehdi

Taremi pull one back in the 65th minute, while he also scored from the spot in stoppage time following a VAR referral after John Stones pulled him down.

Southgate added: “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.”

The England boss eased any fears over Harry Kane picking up an ankle knock after a robust second-half challenge, while Harry Maguire was taken off because he was ill and didn’t suffer concussion.