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England got their aspiration of winning the FIFA World Cup to a dream start by thrashing Asian nation Iran 6-2 in a group B game.
Iran was hit by an early minute trouble when their goalkeeper, Alireza Beiranvand had a concussion after a clash of heads with team-mate Majid Hosseini.
Jude Bellingham got England off the mark in this World Cup with a soaring header from Luke Shaw’s cross 10 minutes before the break and the game was wrapped up before half-time thanks to Bukayo Saka’s fine strike and Raheem Sterling’s classy volley with outside of his foot from Harry Kane’s cross.
Mehdi Taremi scored a beautiful consolation goal inside 65 minutes to the delight of the Iranian fans present at the stadium but the three lions responded with two quick goals from Bukayo Saka and substitute Marcus Rashford.
To put the gloss on an incredibly dominant display, Jack Grealish slotted home from close range after a good run and pull back by Callum Wilson.
Teremi then scored the second goal of the campaign from the penalty spot after John stones committed a foul in the match.
England is on top of Group B with three points and four goal difference; they now await the outcome of other group members, Wales and USA.