{"id":1221377,"date":"2021-09-02T22:03:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T21:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1221377"},"modified":"2021-09-10T17:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T16:50:05","slug":"hungary-0-4-england-player-ratings-rice-sterling-kane-grealish","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/hungary-0-4-england-player-ratings-rice-sterling-kane-grealish\/","title":{"rendered":"“When are FIFA going to take racism seriously?” – Player ratings as England steamroller a hostile home crowd to flatten Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a one-sided night of football, England smashed Hungary 0-4 in World Cup qualification.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The win puts the Three Lions five points clear of Poland at the top of their group and takes them one-step closer to qualifying for next year’s World Cup.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the players rated at the Puskas Arena:<\/p>\n

England player ratings<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jordan Pickford – 7 – <\/strong>Had almost nothing to do, but was calm throughout.<\/p>\n

Kyle Walker – 7 – <\/strong>Solid in defence. Played one brilliant through-ball that Kane failed to put away.<\/p>\n

John Stones – 7 – <\/strong>Some sloppy moments early on but found his footing as the game went on.<\/p>\n

Harry Maguire – 8 – <\/strong>A colossus at the back, repelling all Hungary attacks. Scored the third goal.<\/p>\n

Luke Shaw – 7 – <\/strong>Solid. Good width. Nice assist for the third goal.<\/p>\n

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Kalvin Phillips – 8 – <\/strong>Really impressive in the middle of the park. Dominated the Hungarian playmakers. Made a brilliant interception and pass in the build-up to Kane’s second goal.<\/p>\n

Declan Rice – 9 – <\/strong>The best player on the park. Absolutely nullified the magical Dominik Szoboszlai for pretty much the whole game and even got involved in attack in a way that shows his ever-expanding skill-set.<\/p>\n

The West Ham man picked up a booking at the start of the second-half but rather than be cowed by this, he got even better. It was Rice’s interception and pass forward got the ball rolling for the move that led to England’s opener, and he didn’t stop there.<\/p>\n

Rice continued to dominate the Hungarian midfield, showing no fear in spite of a hostile home crowd. He won it back and passed it forward to the playmakers, and on one occasion even drifted forward after one such pass only for Jack Grealish to lay it back into his path when he promptly lashed the ball home, Toni Kroos-style (albeit Peter Gulasci should have saved it).<\/p>\n

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Declan Rice has scored his first ever goal away from home for England.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old finally strikes for the Three Lions. ? pic.twitter.com\/lN63AmemSH<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawka (@Squawka) September 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n