"Of course we haven't achieved what we want to, but I think tonight was a big statement after the disappointment of the World Cup and for huge spells of the game, to play really well shows what type of team we want to be." That is of course a team that can go anywhere - to any stadium, against any opposition - and completely impose their own game.
That is what might have been even more significant about this 21 win over Italy after Kane's record. Or, at least, the first half might have been.
It is also about much more than winning in the country for the first time since 1961, or beating them at all for the first time since 1997. It was about the nature of that initial display.
England don't actually get big away wins that often, but those that they tend to be memorable. In this millennium, there was the 5-1 against Germany in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, the 4-1 against Croatia in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and then the 3-2 over Spain in the first Nations League.
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