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Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham person scored 10 of England's 11 goals astatine the World Cup
ByAdwaidh Rajan
BBC Sport journalist
ByMohamed Moallim
BBC Sport journalist
After Jude Bellingham opened the scoring for England against Mexico astatine the Azteca Stadium, helium and Harry Kane were the past to peel distant from the celebrations.
Left down by their team-mates aft the archetypal question of celebrations, the brace stood broadside by side, arms outstretched arsenic they soaked successful the acclaim from the England supporters who had flocked to Mexico City.
It is 1 of the defining images of their 2026 World Cup campaign.
Kane and Bellingham were captious successful England's hard-fought 3-2 triumph successful the past 16 and little than 2 minutes aft the opener, the skipper supplied the assistance for the Real Madrid midfielder to implicit a quickfire treble that silenced the location supporters.
Then came Kane's moment. With his squad a subordinate down, aft Jarell Quansah's reddish card, and Mexico resurgent, the 32-year-old calmly converted from the punishment spot to people what proved to beryllium the victor - fewer players are much reliable than him from 12 yards out.
England are done to the quarter-finals and their fortunes successful this tourney look progressively intertwined with the signifier and interaction Kane and Bellingham are having connected the pitch.
Erling Haaland and Norway volition supply different formidable trial for Thomas Tuchel's broadside erstwhile they conscionable successful Miami connected Saturday. But conscionable however babelike are England's World Cup ambitions connected their dynamic duo?
So however reliant are England connected the duo?
The abbreviated answer? Very much.
Between them, the duo person accounted for 10 of England's 11 goals astatine the World Cup - Marcus Rashford scored the different 1 arsenic a substitute to seal their 4-2 triumph against Croatia successful the opener.
It means Kane (six goals) and Bellingham (four) person contributed a singular 90.9% of the team's full attacking output.
That is much than immoderate different broadside near successful the tournament.
Tournament favourites France travel 2nd successful this respect astatine 78.6% due to the fact that Kylian Mbappe (seven) and Ousmane Dembele (four) person scored 11 of their 14 goals.
Kane is liable for 34.6% of England's expected goals (xG) and Bellingham has contributed different 20.3%. Together, the duo person generated much than fractional of England's attacking menace (54.9% of full xG).
Kane has besides attempted 23.8% of England's shots and 31.3% of their efforts connected people portion Bellingham has registered a further 28.1% of their shots connected people - underlining their value to this team.
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But this is not the archetypal clip England person relied heavy connected 2 players for goals astatine a large tournament.
At the 1990 World Cup, Gary Lineker scored 4 and David Platt 3 of England's 8 goals - meaning they accounted for 87.5% of the total. It was a akin communicative six years aboriginal astatine the Euros erstwhile Alan Shearer (five) and Teddy Sheringham (two) scored 7 of their 8 goals.
On some occasions, their tally came to a grinding halt astatine the semi-final stage, losing connected penalties to Germany.
However, determination is different mode to presumption England's reliance connected Kane and Bellingham.
While Argentina and Norway beryllium heavy connected a talisman - Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland, who person scored 70% and 63.6% of their teams' goals respectively - England's attacking load is shared by a devastating partnership.
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Between them, Kane and Bellingham person 172 England caps.
While Bellingham is conscionable abbreviated of 10 years younger than Kane, the Real Madrid attacking midfielder already has six years' acquisition astatine planetary level.
Bayern Munich striker Kane made his England debut 11 years ago.
And it is this experience, arsenic good arsenic their superstar status, that has made them portion of England's enactment group.
They person big-game and big-club experience.
Both players are vocal successful the dressing country too.
Kane is thankful for Bellingham's beingness successful that enactment group, portion Bellingham appreciates however Kane has ever backed him successful public.
The enslaved betwixt the brace is underlined by mimicking each other's celebrations. We saw this again against Mexico with them some arms-outstretched posing successful beforehand of the assemblage successful Bellingham's trademark style.
Most importantly, connected the field, the brace mesh well. Bellingham's moving opens up much abstraction for Kane, portion the England skipper is unselfish successful creating goals for his team-mate, similar successful the Mexico tie.
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