Reality check for England

English hopes of a run deep into the World Cup took a bit of a bruising on Friday when a high-pressing United States team reduced the youthful stars to anonymity.

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Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Mason Mount dazzled in the 6-2 win over Iran on Monday and had England fans dreaming of a effervescent midfield that would take them through this World Cup and onto the next. They looked set to sustain that momentum when Bellingham and Saka combined well in a slick move down the right flank in the 10th minute on Friday that gave captain Harry Kane a good chance to open the scoring.