Harry Kane bags hat-trick in England’s 6-1 rout of Panama

Harry Kane

Captain Harry Kane scored a hat-trick on Sunday as England put six goals past a shambolic Panama at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia.

It is the first time the Three Lions will score six goals in a World Cup finals match for the first time in their history.

The Tottenham Hotspur forward led the line superbly in their 6-1 win in their second Group G fixture at Nizhny Novgorod.

Kane who scored both England’s goals in their 2-1 win over Tunisia earlier in the group now has five goals, taking him to the top of the scorers’ chart.

He is now ahead of Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku who have both scored four goals each.

Kane scored in the 22nd minute through a penalty kick, and added two others in the 45th and 62nd minutes, before being replaced by Jamie Hardy a minute later.

John Stones (8th, 40th) and Jesse Lingard (36th) added the other England goals.

The makes England joint group leaders with Belgium, with both securing passage into the Round of 16 on six points each from two games each.

They have also scored eight goals each and conceded two goals each, and face each other in their final group match on Thursday to determine the group winners.