England produced a dominant performance to defeat Croatia 7-0 in their Nations League tie in Rijeka, marking one of their best away results under Thomas Tuchel.
Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka scored two each, but it was a stunning team display that inflicted Croatia's biggest defeat. The skipper opened the scoring early, firing high into the roof of the net after being well fed by Jude Bellingham. Anthony Gordon's ingenuity then engineered the second for Bellingham to score himself soon after.
Gordon had chances of his own before making it three, nodding in Jarell Quansah's quality cross. When Bellingham set up Saka for the fourth before the break, Slaven Bilic looked shocked. Although Mateo Kovacic missed a sitter, the score did not flatter England.
Croatia tried to be more aggressive after the break but a sensational team goal underlined England's superiority as Kane latched onto Elliot Anderson's cross to make it five. Saka soon capitalized on an error for the sixth, and Morgan Rogers capped it off late on. This convincing win against a Croatia team led by Luka Modric boosts Tuchel's position ahead of their final Nations League game against the Czech Republic.
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