As the 2024 European Championships close in, Gareth Southgate’s men continued their warm-ups in front of an expectant Tyneside faithful.
Bosnia and Herzegovina were in town as Kieran Trippier captained the Three Lions in front of his home fans at St James’s Park.
Seventeen members of the 33-man provisional squad got an opportunity to prove themselves ahead of the final Euro 2024 squad announcement later this week; with this being the penultimate game on home soil before the plane takes off for Germany.
Premier League young player of the year Cole Palmer got an opportunity to open the scoring from the penalty spot on the hour mark after a quiet first half.
The Chelsea star powered home to score his first international goal before Southgate made a host of changes for the final half hour.
Liverpool man Trent Alexander Arnold enjoyed a full 90 minutes in the heart of midfield and made it count with a great volleyed finish to make it 2-0 before Harry Kane got the third in stoppage time to cap off a fine result for the hosts.
The likes of Eberechi Eze early on and Jack Grealish at the back-end joined Trent and Kane as the most impressive, giving the manager some real selection headaches ahead of the highly anticipated squad announcement.
In other friendlies on the night, Scotland picked up a 2-0 win over Gibraltar, Croatia beat North Macedonia 3-0 and Euro hosts Germany drew 0-0 with Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Portugal take on Finland in Lisbon while defending European champions Italy face Turkey in Bologna.
Pictured above: Trent Alexander Arnold.
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