England player ratings vs Costa Rica: Jude Bellingham and Anthony Gordon send World Cup message | OneFootball

Thomas Tuchel facing some key selection dilemmas ahead of Group L opener against Croatia next week

England head to the World Cup on the back of two successive victories after beating Costa Rica 3-0 in their final warm-up match.

Thomas Tuchel made 11 substitutions in the second half, with England’s second and third goals arriving belatedly via Anthony Gordon’s emphatic penalty and a late header from close-range by Ollie Watkins.

Standard Sport’s Dom Smith was on hand to rate the England players’ performances…

Jordan Pickford 6

Didn’t have much to do in the time he was on. One errant pass in the first half.

Reece James 6

Defended well and picked some smart passes before making way for Djed Spence.

John Stones 6

Did well in central defence as he earned more minutes, which Tuchel was keen for him to do.

Ezri Konsa 6

It will either be Konsa or Stones to partner Marc Guehi against Croatia, you’d expect. Did his case no harm here.

Nico O’Reilly 7

Has emerged as England’s first-choice left-back after a breakout season at Manchester City, and was robust and physically impressive against Costa Rica.

Elliot Anderson 6

Strutted his stuff in midfield. A quiet display but with a couple of moments where his exceptional quality shone through.

Declan Rice 7

Scored the opening goal to add to his England account but offered poor set-piece deliveries and crosses.

Noni Madueke 7

A constant threat out wide and should have scored when he hit the post from point-blank range after rounding the goalkeeper.

Staking their claim: Anthony Gordon and Jude Bellingham both impressed for England against Costa Rica

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Jude Bellingham 7

Full of energy and invention and grew into the game. One darting run showed his quality before he went off.

Anthony Gordon 7

Netted his third England goal with a ruthless penalty before being replaced by Marcus Rashford.

Harry Kane 6

Pinged two outrageously good passes into team-mates but was otherwise quiet in the 63 minutes he was on. Appeared to make it through unscathed, which is vital to England’s World Cup hopes.

Dean Henderson (Pickford, 63’) 5

Had almost nothing to do, so limited was Costa Rica’s attacking threat.

Djed Spence (James, 63’) 6

Did a good job when he came on. Has been decent in both warm-up friendlies.

Morgan Rogers (Kane, 63’) 7

Influenced the game immediately. Had a glaring miss but tried some good things and his shot allowed Watkins his goal.

Marc Guehi (Stones, 63’) 5

One nice piece of mopping up was almost the extent of his quiet cameo in a game where play was up the other end.

Bukayo Saka (Madueke, 63’) 6

Didn’t see much of the ball but had one effort from a tight angle which flashed wide.

Eberechi Eze (Rice, 63’) 6

Earned England their penalty and took up clever positions. Nearly scored.

Ollie Watkins (Bellingham, 71’) 7

Got the goal he’ll have hoped for when he came on. Right place at the right time.

Kobbie Mainoo (Anderson, 71’) 6

Some nice turns and passes and forced a good save late on. Tidy.

Jarell Quansah (Konsa, 71’) 5

Slotted in at the back but didn’t have much to do.

Dan Burn (O’Reilly, 71’) 5

Put himself about but couldn’t make use of his frame in the air.

Marcus Rashford (Gordon, 71’) 5

His decision-making was good but not as impactful as when he started against New Zealand.