Some cold, hard statistics before the tribute begins. Harry Kane has now scored 84 goals in an England shirt, 29 more than anyone else. He outscored every player across Europe’s big five leagues last season — the second time he has done so since moving to Bayern Munich three years ago. And now, after his 16th multi-goal haul for his country, he has scored or assisted a goal in nine of England’s last ten World Cup wins.The answer to the cliched question — just where would England be without him? — is a simple one. Out. As they would have been much earlier in each of the four major tournaments that have gone before.This is not the first time that Kane has dug England out of a hole with his quality in the final third. But once again, the space was created for him by the all-action Jude Bellingham, targeting the gap between the centre-back and the full-back with a lung-busting run.His shot was saved by the inspired Lionel Mpasi, but see how Bellingham’s movement pulls Chancel Mbemba towards him, giving Kane that extra yard to wander into space inside the box on the second phase, pick up the pass, before shifting into shooting gear to score.As Kane wheels away to celebrate, the reaction of Anthony Gordon just behind him says it all; hands on his face in disbelief, before flicking his wrist and shaking his head.A player who has just sealed a move to Barcelona for €80million (£69.3m; $93.2m), essentially puffing out his cheeks and saying, “too good.”Part of what made Kane’s winner so special was the power he was able to generate as gravity did everything it could to drag him to the floor. As the ball rolls away from him, almost perpendicular to the goal, the technique is exemplary; planting his standing foot before swinging through the ball, all of his body weight swivelling around a bolt straight left leg as his forward momentum pulled him the other way.(Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)“Striking with the inside of the foot, almost wrapping the ball while the body is off-balance… you have to maintain balance at the crucial moment to take the shot,” said Thierry Henry in the FOX Studio after the game.