Player Ratings: England 7-0 North Macedonia
Bukayo Saka grabbed an impressive hat trick as England swept aside their visitors from the Balkans, in front of 70,708 at Old Trafford on Monday evening.
Captain Harry Kane grabbed a brace, including a second half penalty as Gareth Southgate's side were simply too good for Blagoja Milevski's side.
Marcus Rashford and Kalvin Phillips were the other scorers as the Three Lions made it four wins from four in Group C as the European Championship looms next summer.
Find out who impressed on a good night for Gareth Southgate's side with our Gooner Fanzine Player Ratings
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka with the matchball after his memorable hattrick helped England on their way to a resounding 7-0 win over North Macedonia as New Order’s World In Motion plays out over the tannoy here at Old Trafford pic.twitter.com/JFFeP5rIm4
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GK: Jordan Pickford - 7/10 - The quietest evening between the sticks the Everton keeper will ever experience
RB: Kyle Walker - 7/10 - Dovetailed effectively along the right flank with Alexander-Arnold
CB: John Stones - 7/10 - A class act
CB: Harry Maguire - 6/10 - Not good enough for England. Or Manchester United for that matter
LB: Luke Shaw - 7.5/10 - Supplemented colleagues futher forward and his deflected cross picked out Kane for the first goal
CM: Trent Alexander-Arnold - 8/10 - A square peg in a roudn hole no more - midfield is where the Liverpool talent shines - including a ball over the top superbly controlled and finished by the world class Saka
CM: Declan Rice - 6/10 - Not his best game after a long season and was probably still feeling his post-Prague celebrations with the Irons. And why not. England could have played with ten men and still thrashed the sorry Macedonians.. Booked for catching Elmas late
CM: Jordan Henderson - 7/10 - Vital pass in the build-up to the first goal and his passion and commitment alongsid led to Rashford's goal before the interval
RW: Bukayo Saka - 10/10 - First senior hat trick scored in wonderfully joyous manner. To think our Arsenal Academy graduate is still only 21-years-old. World Class. And he's ours
ST: Harry Kane -7/10 - The young Arsenal fan might play for Spurs as an adult - but for how much longer
LW: Marcus Rashford - 8/10 - Lively and deserved his goal. Inteligent running on and off the ball
Substitutes:
Conor Gallagher (58' for Henderson) - 7/10 - Lively
Jack Grealish (58' for Rashford) - 6/10 - The fact he finally cut short his celebrations to play for England speaks volumes about this team
Phil Foden (58' for Saka) - 4/10 - Saka has now overtaken the young City talent
Kalvin Phillips (59' for Rice) - 7/10 - The popular midfielder grabbed his first goal for England - and was cheered by his teammates including a delighted Saka
Callum Wilson (74' for Kane) - 6/10 - A shame Kane didn't let the former Bournemouth striker take the late penalty