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Another comfortable night for Three Lions as first camp under Tuchel ends with two victories

Eberechi Eze came off the bench to score his first England goal

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England vs Latvia - LIVE!

Reece James' fabulous free-kick set England on course for a second World Cup qualification win in four days as Thomas Tuchel's side made light work of Latvia. Gareth Southgate's successor began his reign with a comfortable 2-0 victory against Albania on Friday and ended his first camp by triumphing in these nations' first ever meeting at senior men's level.

James' special first goal for England was followed by all-time top scorer Harry Kane's 71st for his country and substitute Eberechi Eze opening his international account as Latvia fell to a 3-0 Wembley defeat. Quite whether Tuchel got the extra quality he wanted after beating Albania is debatable, but the world's fourth best side was never going to give a fully accurate measure of progress against the country ranked 140th.

Vladislavs Gutkovskis could have given the unfancied visitors a shock lead but failed to punish a Jordan Pickford and Marc Guehi mix-up, before James repaid Tuchel's faith by marking his first England start since 2022 with an exceptional free-kick. England continued to knock on well-drilled Latvia's door, with Kane tapping home a Declan Rice cross before Eze saw a strike deflect in off Antonijs Cernomordijs as their winning start to Group K continued.