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Gareth Southgate branded four-goal Harry Kane 'phenomenal' as England booked their place at the World Cup finals with a ruthless destruction of San Marino.
Captain Kane scored four against the worst ranked team in world football as England smashed 10 past San Marino to guarantee their place at Qatar 2022 and end 2021 in unforgiving fashion.
Kane's quartet of goals took his international goal tally to 48, equalling England legend Gary Lineker's total and put him just one adrift of second-placed Bobby Charlton.
England striker Harry Kane with the match ball after scoring four goals against San Marino
It now appears only a matter of time before Kane breaks Wayne Rooney's all-time record of 53 goals, and Southgate joked: 'If we left him another half-an-hour, we would have had Wayne Rooney's family on the phone telling us to get him
