England collide with Norway today for a coveted place in the World Cup semi finals - but for millions of onlookers, the real battle is Harry Kane vs Erling Haaland.
Rarely does a knockout tie bring together two strikers of such extraordinary pedigree. One was seemingly bred in a laboratory for footballing royalty. The other had to scrape, slog and graft his way through the muddy trenches of lower league football.
Now, they square off under the blistering Miami sun as arguably the two most eye-catching, prolific and destructive out-and-out centre-forwards in the modern game. And according to the Mirror's chief football writer John Cross, Kane may just hold the upper hand.
"It's the man in absolute red hot form for the season, Harry Kane, up against the absolute goal machine, Erling Haaland," Cross said speaking on the latest episode of the Make Football Great Again podcast.
