Noni Madueke, Ezri Konsa and Marc Guehi notch first international goals as England ease past Serbia in Belgrade | OneFootball

England produced arguably their best display under Thomas Tuchel in Tuesday’s 5-0 triumph over Serbia at Stadium Rajko Mitic.

Both teams were unbeaten in the World Cup qualifiers so far and occupied the top two spots in Group K ahead of kickoff.

England took control of proceedings early on and wasted no time pinning Serbia back in the opening exchanges.

The Three Lions threatened through Declan Rice, Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane in the first 30 minutes before finally taking the lead 12 minutes from the interval.

Declan Rice’s corner was headed home by Kane for his 74th international goal.

England doubled their lead two minutes later through Noni Madueke, who was played in on goal by Morgan Rogers, and the Arsenal man produced a composed finish to open his international account.

Serbia headed into the interval staring down the barrel of a first home World Cup qualifying defeat since 2012.

The hosts saw their woes further compounded within seven minutes of the restart when Ezri Konsa pounced on a rebound off centre-back partner Marc Guehi to score his first England goal.

Any hopes of a Serbian comeback were extinguished in the 72nd minute following Nikola Milenkovic’s sending-off for a rash challenge on Kane.

England quickly capitalised on their numerical advantage to grab a fourth goal courtesy of Guehi’s sweeping finish for another Rice delivery.

Ollie Watkins thought he had netted a fifth for his side six minutes after coming on as a sub, but the Villa man saw his goal ruled out for offside.

However, Watkins earned England a penalty moments later, allowing Marcus Rashford to get in on the act from the spot.

England’s commanding win has seen them open up a seven-point gap at the top of the group ahead of October’s encounter against Latvia.