England vs Iran Highlights: Almost a perfect game for ENG, beat IRI 6-2

Fifa World Cup Highlights: Southgate's England pulled in almost a perfect job as they scored six goals against Iran to win their opening match of Group B at Khalifa Stadium. Iran also pulled two back

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England vs Iran Live Updates: Match Summary

 

Gareth Southgate's England pulled in almost a perfect job as they scored six goals against Iran to win their opening match of Group B at Khalifa Stadium. Iran also pulled two back. England had a prolific start to their campaign as Jude Bellingham scored from a perfect header to give them the lead. Bukayo Saka doubled the lead soon and Raheem Sterling scored from a volley to make it 3-0 in favour of Three Lions before the end of the first half. 

 

In the second half, England continued the scoring spree as Saka earned a brace. Mehdi Taremi, the FC Porto striker scored for Iran in the second half to get their first goal of the game. Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish who came off the bench post the first 70 minutes, scored as well for England to make it 6-1. Taremi made it a brace for himself, scoring from the spot after VAR adjudged a shirt pull by the English defence and awarded Iran a penalty. It ended 6-2 at the end in favour of England. 

 

8:53 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: That’s how it ends in favour of England

8:44 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Penalty given to Iran, they score and match ends

 

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England 6-2 Iran

 

This is another chance for Iran to put one back and finish with grace. The VAR called it a short pull on an Iranina player by the English defence and that’s how Iran have their penalty and they score from the spot as well. Mehdi Taremi is the player to have scored the second goal as well and now the game ends with it as well. England win 6-2. 

 

8:39 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Golden chance goes begging for Iran

 

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England 6-1 Iran

 

It was one last chance for Iran to get one more back in the English net, but the Iranian striker hit the crossbar as Pickford, the English goalkeeper did get his hand on the ball, maybe just the fingertips. 

 

8:33 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: 10 minutes have been added

 

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England 6-1 Iran

 

It is just amazing to know that there was an addition of 24 minutes into the regular time in this game. 14 minutes were added in the first half while 10 have now been added before the game ends. 

 

8:31 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Grealish scores, England have scored six now

 

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England 6-1 Iran

 

England seem to have utilised all the talent available on bench as Rashford, Foden, Grealish and Dier and Callum Wislon have been utilised. And just as I type, Iran, who are going all the way up, aren’t able to run back in defence and as a result, Jack Grealish has scored a very easy goal. So two MAN Utd men who have come off the bench, have scored 

 

8:21 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Both England and Iran have made those substitutions

8:14 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Rashford comes and Rashford scores

 

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England 5-1 Iran

 

Just after Saka scored his second goal, Marcyus Rashford, the Manchester United man was brought into the pitch as the substitute of the goal scorer. It was only a minute since his entry in the game and Rashford has scored as he dodged a defender and the goalkeeper to put England 5-1 up

 

8:11 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Mehdi Taremi nets first one for Iran

 

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England 4-1 Iran

 

Just as we were talking about Saka’s brace, Mehdi Taremi, the Porto striker was given a ball after a brilliant play on the sides by the Irani wingers and he just took the ball and the goalkeeper Jordan Pickford by surprise and netted it in with his right foot. Iran will not go empty handed from here for sure. 

 

8:04 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Beautiful play by Saka gives him a brace

 

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England 4-0 Iran

 

Against the run of play, Bukayo Saka has scored again and it is a brace for him. The ball was played to him when he had entered the 30 metre area of the opposition half and instead of passing it to another striker which England used to do in the past, he took it upon himself and went for the goal and scored as well. England now lead 4-0

 

8:01 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: England keeping the ball with them

 

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England 3-0 Iran

 

England have managed to maintain their lead as they are  keeping the ball possession and are also not allowing the small build-ups by Iran to materialise into big moves. Almost 15 minutes into the second half now and still Iran have only one shot on goal and that too was not on target. So basically Jordan Pickford has not been tested. 

 

7:52 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Free Kick for England

 

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England 3-0 Iran

 

Harry Kane was brought down by an Irani player near the D and England were awarded the free kick which they were not able to convert unfortunately 

 

7:49 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Three second half substitutions for Iran

 

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England 3-0 Iran

 

Saeed Ezatolahi, Hossein Kanaanizadegan and Ali Gholizadeh are the three players who have come on to the pitch for the second half for Iran as it made three half time substitutions. 

 

7:47 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Second half begins

 

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England 3-0 Iran

 

It seems like Iran have come in with some purpose in this half and they have made some great moves in the first few minutes 

 

7:36 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: That’s the statistical report of the first half

statistical report of the first half

7:32 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: First half ends, England lead Iran 3-0

 

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England 3-0 Iran

 

The first half has come to an end and England have held onto their lead. More than just holding on their lead, they led on every front except for the Yellow card one which has gone to Iran. Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling scored for England and. Huge 14 minutes were added as injury time as the Iran goalkeeper who started the game was injured and substituted very early in the game. 

 

7:26 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: 14 minutes added to regulation time

 

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England 3-0 Iran

 

First real chance came for Iran as they build the ball in the midfield and their three players were in the English D, a volley came for the right winger from the left one, but he was just not able to convert it 

 

7:21 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: 14 minutes added to regulation time

 

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England 3-0 Iran

 

Since the play was stopped for quite a long time due to the injury to the Iran goalkeeper, a total of 14 minutes have been added to the regulation time 

 

7:19 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Raheem Sterling with a beauty, England lead 3-0

 

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England 3-0 Iran

 

This is just sensational from the three lions as Raheem Sterling has netted the third one of the game and it’s not even the first half done. It was quick play in England’ own half and then the ball was given to Kieren Trippier and he passed a string one to Sterling who took it on a volley and blasted it into the nets 

 

7:14 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: England ruling the game, Saka scores

 

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England 2-0 Iran

 

The England team is ruling the charts in the first game of their world cup campaign and just as I write this, Bukayo Saka seems to have given England their second goal although there is vehement protest on by the Irani players 

 

7:07 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Bellingham scores the first one for England

 

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England 1-0 Iran

 

Jude Beellingham, the England teenager who plays for Borussia Dortmund has became the first Englishman to score this season as he has netted a cross from the right winger 

 

7:04 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: England keep wasting their chances

 

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England 0-0 Iran

 

England and their ability to waste chances just doens;’t seem to surprise us anymore, They have hit the upright twice in a matter of five minutes with the latest one by Harry Maguire via a corner. Earlier, the entire English team just couldn’t find a place to get the ball in the goal when the Iran defence were found lacking. 

 

6:59 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Alireza Jahanbakhsh Yellow carded

 

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England 0-0 Iran

 

Alireza Jahanbakhsh of Iran has been shown the card and it is the first yellow of the game tonight 

 

6:57 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: In case you missed, this Iran team refused to sing their National Anthem

Iran National Football Team. Photo:@FIFAWorldCup

6:50 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Iran substitute their goalkeeper

 

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England 0-0 Iran

 

The Iran Goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand is now being subbed off the ground and  Hossein Hosseini has come in as his replacement. 

 

6:48 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Iran must change the goalkeeper here

 

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England 0-0 Iran

 

Once again, just as the play started, the Irani Goalkeeper is back on the ground and the referees are now asking Iran to substitute. This injury has nearly taken out 10 minutes of play from the first half. 

 

6:45 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Iran Goalkeeper injured

 

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England 0-0 Iran

 

The Irani goalkeeper has been injured and is getting all the treatment on the ground itself. It was a head-on collision and the medical staff is doing all it can to make him available 

 

6:37 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Clever play from Saka

 

07:00 Saka was clever in dealing with Iran defenders and as I write Saka has been fouled as well and England have a free kick

 

6:34 PM

England vs Iran Live Updates: Harry Maguire hugged down to ground

 

04:00 Maguire is never out of the game and he is in this one right away as he has been hugged down the ground while the corner kick was taken by England 

 

6:32 PM

Fifa World Cup Live: First corner for England

 

02:00 A great cross from Tripper to Sterling, but the ball is wasted as England gain their first corner of the game