England's Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring their first goal with Mason Mount in their Group B match against Iran at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar on 21 November, 2022
England's Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring their first goal with Mason Mount in their Group B match against Iran at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar on 21 November, 2022
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FIFA World Cup 2022

England romp to 3-0 halftime lead v Iran

Reuters Doha

England cruised into a 3-0 halftime lead in their FIFA World Cup Group B opener against Iran on Monday with teenager Jude Bellingham scoring his first international goal and Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling also on target.

England's Raheem Sterling celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates

Bellingham headed in a cross from the left by Luke Shaw in the 35th minute to reward England's domination, Saka found the top corner with a left-foot shot in the 43rd minute and Sterling poked in a third from Harry Kane's pass two minutes later.

Iran suffered a torrid first half and had to replace goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand after he sustained a head injury following a collision with team mate Hosseini Majid, resulting in 14 minutes of stoppage time.

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