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Kane just keeps getting better after another memorable night for England's captain

England’s Captain Marvel not only breaks every record going but he also gets to write his own scripts.

It was Kane, on his record-breaking 126th cap, who stepped up to score the winner from the penalty spot to set up a winner-takes-all clash with Spain on Sunday.

Kane, 33, just gets better and better and showed once again why he was crowned the best player in the world with the Ballon d’Or trophy. His passing was sublime, his finishing perfect and, even on a rather low-key night at Wembley, he gave the crowd another wonderful memory from his glorious England career.

They lined up before kick-off to honour England’s Captain Marvel as Harry Kane showed off his Ballon d’Or to the Wembley crowd with Prince William looking on.

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It is Kane who has been crowned the King of Wembley down the years and England’s greatest-ever goalscorer enjoyed the applause and a presentation from Peter Shilton whose record of 125 caps had finally been overtaken.

There was a giant tifo banner with a picture of England’s No9 and underneath it read Kane 126 to mark his milestone. This night was always going to be about Kane.

Even when he is not scoring, Kane is just sensational as a footballing quarterback. One brilliant diagonal, raking pass released Lewis Hall down the left. Kane has become the complete footballer.

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Sure enough, when England were looking for a breakthrough and inspiration, Kane delivered again. Jude Bellingham took a heavy whack early on and you could see he was not entirely comfortable.

But there was Bellingham, lurking with intent on the edge of the box waiting for his cue, as he raised his arm before screaming for the ball.

Kane saw the opening, delivered an inch perfect ball over the top which Bellingham then passed inside for Morgan Rogers to scramble over the line to give England the breakthrough after 24 minutes.

This was a long way from England’s seven goal demolition of Croatia in Rijeka last month but the opposition looked determined not to be humiliated again. They did not give Bellingham an inch of space while Kane had to drop deep to get on the ball.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold put in a good audition at right-back, Rogers was dangerous while Bellingham was often England’s most advanced attacker.

It really felt rather low key because England were faced with a team in damage limitation mode. But England were also playing a dangerous game by not putting the game to bed. They became sloppy.

Declan Rice pulled the ball back for Kane and a chance was opening up for him, only for his Bayern Munich teammate Josip Stanišić to make a crucial and timely block.

Then disaster struck. Croatia put in a deep corner, Josip Gvardiol flicked on, Jarell Quansah inexplicably tried to head back to Jordan Pickford and Petar Sucic nipped in to level. The mood fell awfully flat.

But we should not have worried. Just five minutes later, Kane - who else? - put England back in front. Croatia defender Ivan Smolcic was clearly pulling Quansah’s shirt at an England corner, Danish referee Morten Krogh then gave a penalty after a VAR check.

Up stepped Kane on his record-breaking cap to send the keeper the wrong way, slot home and make it 92 goals from 126 caps. That is some going even by Kane’s incredible standards.

Jude BellinghamCroatiaLewis HallMorgan RogersTrent Alexander-ArnoldDeclan RicefootballEnglandHarry Kane