FIFA World Cup 2018, Tunisia vs England, Highlights: As it Happened

ENGLAND WIN: And Gareth Southgate's men have delivered a win here. Harry Kane's late strike seals the deal for England. Tunisia were on course for a hard-earned draw, if not for the last-minute error. 

GOAL: Cheek manages to put enough pressure on Tunisian defenders to earn a corner. And Harry Kane finds himself in perfect position to score. And he delivers. Trippier takes a perfect corner and Kane's header gives England the lead. It's 2-1 in England's favour.

Loftus Cheek had an opening on the right flank, but kicks the ball towards Tunisian defender.  After losing the ball, Cheek makes a penetration from the same position, and once again fails to pass the ball cleanly in the box. The score still stands at 1-1 after 88 minutes. 

We are into the last 10 minutes of the game and Tunisia haven't shown much intent to score. They are happy to keep the possession of the ball. While England are making penetrations in the Tunisian half, they haven't been that effective in the box.

CHANCE: And England has a free-kick from just outside the box. Ashley Young takes a long time before taking the kick. He floats the ball above the goalpost and England lose another chance here. 

Henderson makes a good run and Alli collects the ball well. Alli had a good chance of scoring here, but the referee raises the flag for an offside. England needs something special here.

And England has made a change here. Sterling makes way for 20-year-old Rashford. He is making his World Cup debut here. Can he change the fortunes of England?

Sterling is trying his best to enter the Tunisian box, but hasn't been receiving much support here. Skipper Kane has been marked well. Sterling has another good ball and backheels it to Young. But the latter loses the ball to Youssef.

Sterling tries to move forward in the Tunisian box, but lacks support. He soon loses the possession. Right after that Henderson tries again and comes up with a good ball. Trippier gathers the ball on the right flank, but doesn't connect the ball well. England waste another chance. 

Tunisia has kept a good possession of the ball in the second half. They have prevented England to enter their half. But how long can Tunisia prevent Harry Kane & Co, remains to  be seen. 

CORNER: Sterling has a good ball here, but doesn't get enough support from other players in the line. But England do manage to get a corner. Maguire comes up with a header, after Trippier takes the corner. But keeper Mustapha collects the ball cleanly.

A rather slow start to the second half of the match here. Both teams are engaging in small passes, but have not been able to enter the box till now. Both the teams are taking their time to settle down here. 

STAT ATTACK: England have had six shots on target so far in the match, their most in the first half of a World Cup match since the 1966 semi-final against Portugal. They would be looking for more such shots, but with a better conversion rate. And the second-half gets underway. 

England would look to improve their game in the second half. They missed way too many chances to score, and that could hurt their chances in the match. The way Tunisia upped the ante towards the end of the first half, they won't play as the underdogs. In fact they would fancy their chances to register a win. We are just moments away from the start of the second half.

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Half-time: England would be disappointed with the way things turned out in the later stages of the second half. They missed a few opportunities and conceded a goal. Tunisia, on the other hand will take a lot of confidence from this display.

Lingard has a brilliant run from the right wing but hits the ball wide. Although he managed to clear Ben Mustapha, that wasn't enough. That was pretty close though.  

And both the teams are attacking well towards the end of the first half. England had another opportunity to score, but fail to convert the chance into a goal. Young takes a free-kick and Maguire comes in with a header. Then Alli comes up with a header. But after all these attempts Tunisian defenders manage to clear the ball.

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PENALTY: A good possession by Tunisia ensured that pressure was mounting on English defence. And Walker commits a mistake here. He fouls in the box and a penalty is awarded to Tunisia in the 33rd minute. Sassi takes the kick, and he scores. It's 1-1 after 35 minutes.

Tunisia has a good ball from the right wing. But England defenders do well to ward off the danger. Ferjani Sassi comes up with a wild kick, but is good enough to get them a corner. Khazri takes it and floats it wide. Sliti goes for the shot but the ball sails way over the cross bar.

MISS: Dele had a good cross in the Tunisian box. Lingard gathers the ball cleanly but fails to connect with the ball well. A wayward kick from the youngster means  a wasted opportunity for England. He could have done a little better there.

Tunisia is trying their best to get into the England box, but haven't found much success till now. All their attempts have been negated by some good defending by Walker, Stones and Maguire.

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A lot of commotion in the Tunisian box. England have now got the confidence and would be looking to make the most of it. Henderson had a good opporunity to score, and just had the opposition keeper to beat. But he fails. Score remains at 1-0.

A lot of commotion in the Tunisian box. England have now got the confidence and would be looking to make the most of it. Henderson had a good opporunity to score, and just had the opposition keeper to beat. But he fails. Score remains at 1-0.

GOAL: Harry Kane, skipper of the English side comes up with the goal in the 11th minute. A perfect corner kick sees Kane just push the ball in the goal. England lead 1-0. Young had good corner kick, and Stones had a good header. But that was saved. But Kane converted brilliantly for England.

Tunisia is trying to keep the possession of the ball, but in vain. They haven't shown the composure in the game as of now. England is slowly taking control of the game. 

CHANCE: Alli has a good a ball, passes it to Lingard. But England doesn't convert the chance they got in the box. It was tantalisingly close. Tunisia is under pressure here early on. Their attackers haven't got in action as of yet. 

And here we go. The match gets underway. England start the proceedings and are on the attack right from the very start. Early signs show that they will depend a lot on their attackers in the match. And England has a chance here. Lingard had a good chance to score, but the opposition keeper did well to stop. It's a corner.