England 'got away with it' against Andorra - Kane

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England skipper Harry Kane says his broadside "got distant pinch it" successful their 1-0 triumph against Andorra successful a capacity that "wasn't bully enough".

In a disappointing show against a squad classed 173rd successful nan world, England won courtesy of a solitary Kane extremity aft 50 minutes successful Barcelona.

England were booed by immoderate of their fans astatine half-time and full-time, while head Thomas Tuchel said his broadside "lacked nan seriousness and nan urgency that is needed successful a World Cup qualifier".

"It wasn't our top performance," said Kane, whose extremity took his tally to 72 for England.

"I don't deliberation it's 1 galore group are going to remember, that's for sure, but it's 3 points successful nan bag.

"But, yeah, for judge we cognize we tin play amended successful each aspects, some pinch and without nan ball.

"It's down to america now to analyse it, look backmost and effort and study from it because condition-wise it's going to beryllium very akin to adjacent summertime - barren pitch, lukewarm weather, humid."

He added: "It [the goal] was astir apt our champion move and we conscionable didn't person capable of that, some pinch astir apt nan runs and besides nan value - a batch of balls benignant of overhit, retired of play, and it conscionable benignant of killed our momentum, particularly location successful nan 2nd half."

The 2026 World Cup will beryllium held crossed Canada, Mexico and nan United States.

England hit Latvia and Albania successful their first 2 World Cup qualifiers successful March earlier nan triumph against Andorra.

They are top of Group K, pinch Albania 2nd connected 4 points, Latvia 3rd pinch 3 points aft 2 games, Serbia 4th pinch 1 constituent from 1 crippled and Andorra bottom.

Kane added: "We were conscionable lacking value [against Andorra], looked a spot fatigued some physically and mentally and, yeah, we sewage distant pinch it because we're a bully squad and they had a mates of half-chances wherever we didn't get punished. But ultimately, it wasn't bully enough."

England's adjacent crippled is simply a friends against Senegal astatine Nottingham Forest's City Ground connected Tuesday (19:45 BST).