Tammy Abraham

In-demand Roma striker had two first-half chances but did not take either before making way for England captain just after an hour.

It passed the hour mark and he called for Kane. Abraham stood with his hands on his hips in the centre-circle and knew what would be next: he was being replaced and, inevitably, he was. Abraham had his opportunity and he had two chances but did not take either and, with that, he failed to make a compelling case that it should be him who is on the plane to Qatar later this year to be the man who sits in Kane’s shadow. Against his rivals for the role then Abraham is undoubtedly in the box seat although he did not take advantage of that. The likelihood is he would have done and, in that, there was food for thought for Southgate. The fact is this only reinforced the belief that England cannot afford to be without him. His goals meant he became the record English scorer in a single Serie A campaign – in his first season in Italy. Using Abraham against Italy made sense; he knew them, they knew him (even if his no-nonsense marker Federico Gatti, who upended him in the opening minutes, is on loan in Serie B with Frosinone and has not played in the top flight).