David James
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live 606

On Anthony Gordon’s post‑match interview, where the winger spoke about how 'self-centredness' is a "disease": "It’s a great line. It underlines everything about it being a team performance.

"The way Antony is talking there is encouraging.

"When Tuchel announced the squad I was thinking this is the right squad for the right reasons. I listen to the player interviews and it encourages me more."

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England's Anthony Gordon, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live about making his World Cup debut: "It has been a crazy couple of weeks and that just topped it off. First World Cup game, something I have dreamed about as a kid.

"Special, but it is not about me. Self-centredness is a disease and I don't want to be a part of that.

"It is about the team. Rashy [Marcus Rashford] came on and made an impact, Bukayo [Saka] and Morgan [Rogers]. It is a collective."

On the game: "A difficult first half - there goal came from nowhere and stunned us a little bit. We came out really strong in the second half and got what we wanted. They were really good and that can't be underestimated when you look at the game."

Simon Stone
BBC Sport Chief Football News Reporter

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Scoring a goal and making a pretty positive impact when he came on as substitute for England last night won't have done Marcus Rashford any harm.

On July 1, Rashford will revert to being a Manchester United player after Barcelona opted against triggering a £26m clause to buy the 28-year-old.

United say they want £40m for Rashford, who has two years left on his £325,000-a-week contract.

They also say they will not entertain another loan deal with Barcelona, which is what the La Liga giants want.

Clearly, United can't force Rashford to go anywhere he doesn't want to - and his salary rules out all but a few clubs anyway.

As it stands, United are expecting the player to return to them after the mandatory three-week post-World Cup break, which would be just in time for a training camp in the Republic of Ireland.

There is a lot of time yet for Rashford's club future to be resolved, but impacts like last night have to be viewed as a positive.

David James
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live 606

Thomas Tuchel has three players, Kane, Bellingham and Rashford, who play abroad and can be successful for England whilst not being exposed to English football.

Rashford was reborn playing out in Spain.

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Only Gary Lineker, Harry Kane, and Geoff Hurst have scored more World Cup goals for England than Marcus Rashford.

England's top scorer at World Cups

• Gary Lineker - 10
• Harry Kane - 10
• Geoff Hurst - 5
• Bobby Charlton - 4
• Michael Owen - 4
• Marcus Rashford - 4

Marcus Rashford made his mark off the bench against Croatia, coming on late and scoring the goal that sealed England’s 4-2 win.

Replacing Anthony Gordon on the left in the 72nd minute, the winger produced a composed finish five minutes from time to end any lingering concerns for Thomas Tuchel's side.

Rashford's club future still remain uncertain after Barcelona opted against making his loan move from Manchester United permanent.

And he looked every bit a player with something to prove in his brief appearance in Dallas last night.

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England's next game is against Ghana, who denied Panama of their first-ever World Cup point with a 95th-minute winner in the early hours of this morning.

With six minutes added on at the end of match of few chances, Coventry City's Brandon Thomas-Asante raced down the left, beat his marker, and squared the ball for Caleb Yirenkyi, who tapped it in.

The result was perhaps harsh on Panama, who had matched the four-time African champions in only their fourth World Cup appearance since their debut in 2018.

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So England are up and running at this World Cup with a confident opening win against Croatia.

But there’s a long road ahead and sterner tests are surely to come. Ghana are up next on Tuesday, 23 June (21:00 BST), and they will offer a very different kind of challenge.

And Thomas Tuchel will have some big calls to make - especially at the back and on that left flank perhaps?

Conor Coady
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

The conversation has come around Jude Bellingham because of the height he has set himself. He can create moments at the flip of a coin.

The reason we all talk about him is because he's that good. I think Harry Kane is on his own level and Jude Bellingham is well on his way.

Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Football Daily

Thomas Tuchel has had to make Jude Bellingham a team player. He has left him out of the squad and dropped him from the starting XI this year and made him realise that there are other players in the team and that he is not the main star attraction.

And when you've got a Bellingham with this attitude and application and playing to that level, you can see Tuchel is reaping his reward with that kind of performance from him. He is a player for the big moments and he showed the reason why Tuchel decided to start him against Croatia.

Micah Richards
Former England defender

Jude Bellingham is a big-game player.

Morgan Rogers is fantastic as well, but in the moment where you needed him, he comes up trumps and that is the difference.

More from Jude Bellingham on whether he has arrived with added impetus: "A little bit. I've got a little bit of a chip on my shoulder."

In response to whether he plays better like that: "I think so. That helps me a lot to find that focus early in the game, to find that intensity.

"I know it's part of being a footballer, I don't hold a grudge about anyone that says bad things about me because sometimes I do deserve it and today, I think it was nice to try and show people and remind people what I'm about."

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Here's what Thomas Tuchel had to say about Jude Bellingham:

“You can rely on Jude in these moments. He loves these pressure games. That brings out the best in him, so that’s an easy decision to let him play and to trust him.

"Also, because of the last 16 days, 17 days, how he bought into the idea of team spirit and brotherhood, and into the idea of how we want to play football, which is slightly different to his position in Real Madrid.

"The tough, tough decision was today to say to Morgan Rogers that he will not start because he deserves 100 per cent to start, and he did ever so well for us and then for me.

"I think Jude was very reliable and did his very best to be a top team player for us."

One of the main talking points around selection before England's first group game against Croatia was whether boss Thomas Tuchel would pick Bellingham or Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers in the number 10 role behind captain Harry Kane.

Bellingham was chosen to start in Dallas and scored England's crucial third goal just after half-time, so the right decision?