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The boy Bellingham's a bit special! England winners, losers and ratings as rampant Three Lions run riot against Iran in World Cup opener

The preparations weren't perfect. Recent results weren't good. And yet England still kicked off their World Cup campaign in sensational style on Monday afternoon, routing Iran 6-2 at a windy Khalifa International Stadium on Monday afternoon.

Jude Bellingham opened the scoring with a towering header before Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling both struck just before the break to make it 3-0 to the Three Lions.

There would be no let-up against overmatch opposition after the restart either, with Saka helping himself to a second goal before Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish came off the bench to put the seal on statement win.

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