England finished top of Group L and set up a round of 32 match in Atlanta as they beat Panama 2-0 in New Jersey.
Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane scored the second-half goals for the Three Lions that ensured they finished above Croatia, Ghana and Panama, who had already been eliminated.
England must still wait to discover their last-32 opponents but DR Congo and Senegal are the likeliest teams to lie in wait next for Thomas Tuchel’s team.
Dom Smith was at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to rate the England players’ performances…
Jordan Pickford 6
Kept a clean sheet but didn’t have as good distribution as usual.
Jarell Quansah 6
England are running out of right-backs! Did well, despite a booking, as he stood in for the injured Reece James but then had to go off injured himself.
Ezri Konsa 6
Was assured at the back. The referee blew for a couple of fouls which were harsh on the Aston Villa man.
Marc Guehi 7
Good in the air and marauded forward with the ball in impressive fashion. Looks Konsa’s centre-back partner for good now.
Nico O’Reilly 6
Came back into the team and his positioning was far better than against Croatia.
Elliot Anderson 7
Took a while to get into the game but produced some important tackles and kept England ticking over.
Jude Bellingham 9
Perhaps his most complete performance yet in a major tournament for England. Scored, assisted, tackled, worked ferociously hard. Won England the game from the No8 position.
Bukayo Saka 7
From open play, things didn’t quite happen for the Arsenal man as he made his first start of the tournament. But his final contribution was to assist the opener with a corner, before heading off. So a telling impact in the end.
Morgan Rogers 6
A quiet outing for the attacking midfielder, but he worked extremely hard as he played ahead of Bellingham.
Marcus Rashford 6
Had a frustrating time of it. Came close with an early shot when cutting in and put wide from a direct free-kick, but things didn’t quite come off.
Harry Kane 7
Scored his third goal of these World Cup finals to become England’s all-time leading scorer in the competition’s history.
Subs:
Djed Spence (Quansah, 63’) 5
His end product in the final third was poor, as it often is, but he worked tirelessly.
Noni Madueke (Saka, 63’) 6
Tried to make things happen when he came on. Might have assisted Eberechi Eze with a nice lay-off if Eze had not been tackled.
Eberechi Eze (Bellingham, 71’) 5
Got between the lines but failed to add to England’s impressive day.
Jordan Henderson (Anderson, 84’) N/A
Ollie Watkins (Kane, 84’) N/A
Not used: Rice, Stones, Chalobah, D Henderson, Burn, Mainoo, Gordon, Toney, Trafford
