ENGLAND vs FINLAND live - Updates from Nations League clash as Kane wins 100th cap

Right, thanks for joining me! It's been a good night for the Three Lions, who are - hopefully - on their way back to the top tier of the Nations League

Harry Kane celebrated a century of England caps by guiding his country to a hard-earned 2-0 UEFA Nations League victory over Finland at Wembley.

The hosts dominated the first half, yet despite enjoying 77% of the possession, they found no way past a resilient visiting defence who largely restricted their opponents to efforts from distance.

Trent Alexander-Arnold twice missed the target from range, while Kane looked most likely to break the deadlock, seeing a header ruled out for offside and having another effort strike.

It was all one-way traffic after the break though, and after Anthony Gordon and Kane had been denied by Lukas Hradecky, the latter finally broke the deadlock with a fizzing strike.

That took the sting out of Finland’s legs, and Kane duly added a second when picked out by substitute Noni Madueke to round off a decent night’s work and maintain Lee Carsley’s 100% record as interim boss.

"He's come with a great energy. He talks a lot about freedom and going out there and playing with your best attributes."

"I think it's been a great start for him and it's been great to work with him"

"We know what Trent can do," he says. "A great performance. He backed up another top performance that he played against Ireland."

He's been speaking to ITV. Says it was "a big moment" and he "wanted to help the team today."

"I always back myself to score goals, especially in a team like this, creating the chances that we do. I'm excited for the future"

The Republic of Ireland have lost 2-0 at home to Greece, meaning the visitors are joint-top of the group with England. Both teams have a +5 goal difference

Kane at the double, Alexander-Arnold magnificent, England roll on. Two from two under Carsley, as they grab a 2-0 success against their Scandinavian visitors

And now Madueke tries to bend one into the top corner, but it goes all kinds of wrong and ends up closer to the corner flag

It's been a lively debut for the substitute, who again nearly opens his England account when a Grealish cross comes his way, but he cannot quite stretch far enough to prod home

We drift into added time. Regardless of the additional five minutes, the result here is a formality

England are queuing up near the edge of the Finland box at the moment, but they are constantly being crowded out as they try to get a shot away

Anther change for the visitors. Schuller is replaced by Leo Walta

Finland had not offered anything attacking wise in this second half anyway, but that second goal really has taken away any potential sting they still possessed. The hosts are strolling through these final moments

Stones' work for the evening is done, as he is replaced by Guehi, while Kane comes off too. Jarrod Bowen is the man to come on up top.

It's that man again! Goal number 67 is followed by goal number 68, as Madueke slides a pass to Kane, who does not even have to look up before angling a gorgeous, whipped shot into the far corner

Oliver Antman is on for Keskinen

Another brilliant ball by Alexander-Arnold is met by substitute Eze, but he is leaning back and shoots miles off target

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1-0 can be a precarious position and they deserve to be much further ahead than they are, so can the Three Lions add to their advantage? They're on the front foot again at the moment

That would have been some impact, but the Chelsea man sees his curling effort from the edge of the box deflected into the arms of Hradecky