World Cup 2018: England triumphs with last-second win against Tunisia

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The Premier League striker hopes World Cup refereeing will improve after rescuing England with two goals in a 2-1 victory against Tunisia on Monday

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England captain Harry Kane was ecstatic after scoring the winning goal in extra time.

The captain of the England football team Harry Kane said he hopes World Cup refereeing will improve after rescuing his side with two goals in a 2-1 victory against Tunisia on Monday.

Kane scored a winner during extra-time at the Volgograd Arena to ensure England team manager Gareth Southgate’s side went home with a victory.

England almost paid a heavy price for missing many good first-half chances when Tunisia’s Ferjani Sassi scored on a penalty kick 20 minutes before half-time.

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The score was still tied at 1-1 as the game went past the 90-minute mark of normal game time.

But England defender Harry Maguire won a header from a corner and Kane was at the right spot near the far post to head  in the winner before being mobbed by his ecstatic teammates.

England celebrates after winning a long, hard-fought match.
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“I’m so proud of the lads,” Kane said. “They kept going, kept going to the last second. I am absolutely buzzing, everyone on the staff is. It shows good character to get the job done.”

However, Kane admitted he was frustrated by several decisions from referee Wilmar Roldan, who ignored several incidents involving Tunisian defenders tangling with the England captain.

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One first half collision which saw Tunisian defensive midfielder Ferjani Sassi wrestle Kane to the ground in the penalty area was widely replayed across social media after the game.

“I was maybe a bit disappointed by that,” Kane said. “I guess that’s what [instant replay] is there for, to look at them decisions. If they don’t think that was a penalty, we have to deal with that.”

“For me, I struggled to get them off me. I tried to run at a few corners and couldn’t move. I guess as players there’s nothing we can do about that. We just have to hope the officials get it right more often than not.”

England's next match will be against Panama at 8pm on Sunday.

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