Jude Bellingham became the archetypal Englishman to people 7 goals astatine a azygous World Cup with a precocious onslaught in the 6-4 triumph implicit France successful the third-place play-off.
The Real Madrid midfielder was level with some Gary Lineker - who scored six times astatine Mexico '86 - and team-mate Harry Kane, who netted six successful Russia successful 2018 and astatine this tournament.
Bellingham was brought connected successful the 79th infinitesimal and scored with the last footwear of the game, starring a counter-attack from the halfway enactment to the France container earlier beating a defender and slotting into the bottommost corner.
"He has specified assurance successful his ain ability," erstwhile England midfielder Danny Murphy told BBC One during the match. "The patience, the skill, the shot. What a extremity from England's champion player."
Bellingham, 23, besides equalled the grounds for astir goals by an Englishman astatine a large tourney - joining Alan Shearer and Kane who scored 7 each astatine Euro 2000 and Euro 2024 respectively.
Twelve minutes earlier helium had looked acceptable to instrumentality a punishment but alternatively handed the shot to Bukayo Saka who converted to seal his hat-trick.
After the match, Saka told BBC One: "No, Jude [Bellingham] was ne'er taking it. He was the archetypal 1 to accidental spell and get your hat-trick, truthful nary of them came to distract me. I was ever going to instrumentality it."
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