England 4-0 Lithuania: Harry Kane scores 78 seconds into debut

Harry Kane made an instant impact as England maintained their 100 percent record in Euro 2016 qualification group E with a 4-0 victory over Lithuania.

England, who had name in-form Tottenham striker Kane on the bench, should have been ahead inside four minutes as Fabian Delph released Wayne Rooney with a ball over the top of the defence, but the captain struck the inside of the post.

The Manchester United forward did not need long to make amends, though, heading home after Lithuania keeper Giedrius Arlauskis had parried a Danny Welbeck shot into his path to move within two goals of Sir Bobby Charlton's England scoring record.

Sterling then started hobbling after suffering an injury in a tackle with Vytautas Andriuskevieius late on. Kane could not find a second to make his debut even more memorable, but it did not matter.

Hodgson’s starting XI had got everyone talking in the build-up to the game with the possibility of Kane being handed a start, but the manager decided to go with his tried and tested attacking formula of Rooney playing central ahead of Welbeck and Sterling.