JUDE Bellingham was clearly very confident Marcus Rashford was going to score.
The Man Utd forward put the icing on the cake of a brilliant second half performance by England with his country’s fourth goal in
Marcus Rashford gets ready to pull the trigger for England’s fourth Credit: Unknown
Confident Jude Bellingham is seen already celebrating on the bench before Rashford’s goal Credit: Unknown
There was no doubt when the 28-year-old cut in on his right foot and curled the ball home.
, who was so confident his teammate would score, he was already celebrating before the ball hit the back of the net.
Bellingham had done his work for the night and was subbed off midway through the second half.
Watching from the bench, he had a perfect view of goal.
As the winger was about to pull the trigger, was already on his feet with his arms aloft.
The amusing pic showed how much confidence Bellingham had in Rashford – knowing he was going to tuck the chance away.
England won their first game of the World Cup in emphatic style, although it wasn’t flawless.
The Three Lions got off to the perfect start when scored from the penalty spot, after he was allowed to retake it following encroachment by Josko Gvardiol in the penalty area, as well as keeper Dominik Livaković straying off his line.
However, they were soon pegged back by a clinical strike from Martin Baturina.
A bullet header by Kane from a Declan Rice corner put England 2-1 up in the 42nd minute.
But, they couldn’t hold their lead – as a Petar Musa levelled the scores in injury time at the end of the first half.
Thomas Tuchel gave Kane and Co. , which seemed to inspire England.
Rashford added gloss to a fine England performance Credit: The FA via Getty Images
Jude Bellingham’s solo effort put England 3-2 up Credit: FIFA via Getty Images
They came out firing, with Bellingham scoring a superb solo effort after a .
England peppered Croatia’s goal, but Livaković was in inspired form – thwarting a number of efforts as Tuchel’s side looked rampant.
Rashford finally ended proceedings in the 85th minute, coming off the bench, to curl the ball home.
Job done. And the first time the Three Lions have scored 4 goals in a World Cup game since 1966.
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