Player Ratings: Albania 0-2 England

Find out who impressed after England beat Albania 2-0 in Tirana with Rice, Eze and Saka all playing a part




Player Ratings: Albania 0-2 England 

England beat Albania 2-0 in Tirana with Declan Rice, Eberechie Eze and Bukayo Saka all playing a part 

Two second half goals from Harry Kane secured an eighth win from eight matches for Thomas Tuchel's England as the Three Lions signed off their World Cup qualifying group with a resounding record. 

The clean sheeet from Tuchel's side made it zero goals conceded in those eight matches, a record. 

Find out who impressed with our Player Ratings: 

Dean Henderson: 7/10 - A clean sheeet on his third cap for England. Did well to keep out a lively Albania side including a good stop from Arbër Hoxha

Jarrell Quansah: 6/10 - handed his first cap to play his part in a clean sheet for the backline.

Dan Burn: 4/10 - sloppy and unconvincing. Gets slower and slower everytime you watch him and will be punished next summer against nippy sides in the debilitating North American heat 

Nico O’Reilly: 6/10 - displayed the audacity of youth when executing a glorious backheel flick that lifted over the heads of the Albanian defence and into the path of Arsenal attacker who fluffed his lines when he should have scored. Still raw, and needs to learn better positioning and deciosn making. If only there was another talente teenage left-back who could do the job...

John Stones: 7/10 - looked to step into midifield when he could, and is still a class act. But lacksadaiscal at times 

Jude Bellingham: 5/10 - An underwhelming display that probably hands Tuchel an argument to prefer Morgan Rogers in the role. Showed glimpses of his world class talent when prompting attacks but will have most pleased Tuchel when tracking back to power into an emphatic tackle to block the Dynamo Zagreb left-winger Arbër Hoxha in the first half. 

Declan Rice: 7.5/10 - Simply world class in the No8 position. Could have scored ealry on when chesting the ball down to test former Brentford keeper Thomas Strakosha when he was replaced just after the hour mark by Phil Foden. 

Adam Wharton: 6.5/10 - Not as influential as he would have liked in the heart of battle but played his part nontheless. Booked 

Jarrod Bowen: 6.5/10 - Started in a lively fashion when sending over a succession of early crosses from the left but faded. Switched to the right after Saka came on 

Harry Kane: 7.5/10 - Was having another quiet night until he pounced late on with two goals in eight minutes to secure another victory to make it 78 goals in 112 caps. A world class finisher although you do wonder how England would cope if the Bayern Munich captain ever picked up a serious injury 

Eberechi Eze: 5/10 - 

As the game opened up, Strakosha saved from Eze at the near post shortly afterwards. The Arsenal attacker should have done better after being fed by a perceptive ball from Bellingham, with as much bend required as his superb late curled goal in the 2-0 win against Serbia at Wembley on Thursday. It was to be the underwhelming former Arsenal academy pupil's last contribution as the 27-year-old was sadly unable to build on his promising cameo from the bench against Serbia, making way for Hale End graduate and teammate Saka.

Substitutes: 

Phil Foden: 6/10

On for Declan Rice just after the hour mark to give the Arsenal man a break, but it's hard to envisage the City attacker as a False Nine

Bukayo Saka: 6/10

Swapped with Arsenal teammate Eberechi Eze to join Foden in a double change before playing down the right. Could and should have crowned a glorious backheel flick from the impetuous teenager O’Reilly that lifted over the heads of the Albanian defence and into the path of the Arsenal attacker. Unfortunately the normally clinical Saka failed to make a true contact on the ball, and the chance failed to be taken.

Elliot Anderson: 6.5/10 - You could feel the uplift in quality when the Forest No6 replaced Palace's Wharton with 15 mintues to go. WIll surely start as the defensive foil to Rice's more attacking No8 next summer  

Marcus Rashford: 6/10 - Will be on the plane to the World Cup 


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