England national team striker, Harry Kane, has become the first player for the side to score in six consecutive away games following his involvement in the team’s 7-0 mauling of Croatia in the UEFA Nations League.
Kane scored in eight of the start as well as eight minute of the second half during the encounter, and having scored in the last the five on the road for the Three Lions, he becomes the holder of the record dating back since 1942.
The post player earned the accolade after receiving a searching pass inside the box from teammate, Jude Bellingham, and thereafter and beat the opposition goalkeeper, Dominik Livakovic, with a brilliant shot into the top left corner, and also in the 53 minute, the Bayern Munich scoreman was fetched by Elliot Anderson, also inside the box, Kane getting on the end of the cross and put it into the back of the net to make it five nill for England.
Earlier before the game played at the Stadion HNK Rijeka yesterday, the 33-year-old had already scored in the other five matches in Czech Republic, Albania, Latvia, Serbia and Andorra to achieve the 78-year record.
Harry Kane could add to his folklore to tie with Peter Shilton’s record number of England appearances when the Three Lions host Czechia at Wembley on Tuesday.
Should he play, and expected so, he would tie the legendary goalkeeper in 125 appearances with a little over a decade from his debut.