Nobody had scored against Mexico astatine this World Cup until Jude Bellingham arrived.
England look not conscionable a tough, but a monolithic trial against the co-hosts connected Sunday evening arsenic they question to the storied Azteca. However, they proved they're up for it.
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An electrical lucifer delivered successful the archetypal 45 minutes, and contempt being connected their heels for the bulk of it, England struck. They did truthful not once, but twice, done the Real Madrid midfielder.
Bellingham archetypal was supporting Kane connected a counterattack, and arsenic the Bayern Munich antheral drew defenders, his team-mate was near unmarked, allowing him to caput location astatine the backmost post. Then, successful a stunning 99-second span, Bellingham bagged different aft bundling the shot location from wrong the box.
It means helium is the archetypal subordinate to people doubly astatine this circumstantial stadium astatine the World Cup since Diego Maradona successful 1986.
Additionally, it goes down arsenic the third-fastest brace successful the full past of the tournament, down Kylian Mbappe (France vs. Argentina, 2022) and Toni Kroos (Germany vs. Brazil, 2014)
Bellingham present sits 1 down Kane with 4 goals this campaign. His wide tally astatine the World Cup is 5 goals and 2 assists from 10 games.
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