Gareth Southgate reveals Harry Kane nearly STOLE Cole Palmer’s first England goal as head coach shares his captain’s admission from the bench during Three Lions’ 3-0 win against Bosnia
- Cole Palmer scored his first goal for England from the spot in the 3-0 win over Bosnia
- Gareth Southgate has revealed that Kane wanted to come off the bench and take the bench
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England boss Gareth Southgate has revealed that Harry Kane wanted to take the penalty that Cole Palmer scored in the 3-0 win over Bosnia.
With the friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina failing to spark to life around the hour mark, the visitors conceded a penalty at St. James’ Park and Palmer stepped up to take it.
As he has done all season, the Chelsea forward put away the penalty and marked his first start with his first goal on the hour mark.
Three Lions captain and regular penalty taker Kane was ready to take the field when the penalty was awarded.
Southgate said: ‘He had the audacity to ask to come on and score the penalty, which was never going to happen!’
Bosnia gave away a penalty on the hour mark and Cole Palmer stepped up to take it
Harry Kane was prepared and asked Gareth Southgate if he could take over
Although he may have been disappointed at the time, Kane got on the scoresheet in the dying moments of the match after Trent Alexander-Arnold had doubled England’s lead minutes earlier.
The goal was the Bayern Munich striker’s 63rd in international football, putting him one ahead of the legendary Ronaldo.
The England boss was impressed by the performances of fringe players, including Palmer.
He said: ‘A first goal for Cole Palmer. He showed moments what he stands for. It was his first start for us and there will be more to come as he feels more comfortable in the group and we give him the ball when he needs it.
‘He can play a few other positions and has had a fantastic reason why he couldn’t. He can’t have a big impact for us.’
Palmer put away the penalty and marked his first start with his first goal on the hour mark
Gareth Southgate was impressed by the performances of fringe players, including Palmer
On his team’s overall performance, the England boss added: ‘First and foremost I am pleased with the intensity of the match. It was an important game in terms of the physical aspect and also playing against a back five, that’s what we could do well. against in the first few games.
‘We had to find solutions for that against a team that had a threat on the counter-attack, so we had to be vigilant about the way we played.
‘The result reflected the performance, it was fair. Individual performances, there were a lot of good ones.’