Kane rescues draw for England against Scotland

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There have been 114 meetings between the countries but none have ended as dramatically.

Southgate's men were staring down the barrel of their first defeat in 2018 World Cup qualifying after Leigh Griffiths' pair of late free-kicks had cancelled out Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's 70th-minute opener.

Kane's goal deep into added time earned a point for England after a pair of Leigh Griffiths free-kicks had turned the game on its head in favour of Scotland.

The Tottenham Hotspur forward, who does not captain his club side, became the fifth captain of Southgate's seven-game tenure after Wayne Rooney, Gary Cahill, Joe Hart and Jordan Henderson at Hampden Park on Saturday and seized his opportunity by scoring the team's 93rd-minute equaliser. The questions around this centre on character, on the ability to withstand events that go against you. "Being away with the marines, we spoke a lot about being ready for any situation can happen and if things do take a turn for the worse, be ready for that and never drop our heads". We have to be a team that, maybe the clock runs out, but you never, ever stop.

Julian Brandt made it six 18 minutes from time before Wagner completed his hat-trick in the 85th as Germany continued its flawless start to qualifying, a feat matched only by the Swiss in Group B. "For me, two moments of quality (from Griffiths), but we will look at it".

England remain top of Group F in World Cup qualifying, with Scotland three places and six points below them.

"He put it over the wall and then picked up pace, and you've got to say well done sometimes".

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He added: 'It was a special feeling for me.

"Obviously I do not know what the gaffer's feeling is on it".

"It was brilliant for him that in a pressure moment, he executed a skill that he made look a lot easier than it actually was".

During and after the game, Celtic fans took to Twitter to discuss the 34-year-old's performance, with many suggesting that Bhoys manager Brendan Rodgers should be looking to replace him this summer. As a manager that was hard work. "You get hit and they keep coming back and back, creating chances".

Southgate was particularly pleased that his players had shown exactly the kind of approach he had demanded from them during their team talks in the week's build-up. Their strength and power was hard to deal with, and we did it.

Southgate is one of the few English managers who knows what it is like to win silverware with their country after guiding an U21 to victory at the 2016 Toulon Tournament - a feat that was repeated this weekend - but was full of praise for only the second England team to win a global Federation Internationale de Football Association tournament. The power and strength and speed of England is phenomenal.

Scotland next travel to Lithuania and then host Malta and Slovakia, who are four points ahead of Strachan's side in second, before facing Slovenia away from home in their final group game.

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