10th June, 2017
Harry Kane’s injury-time equaliser spared England’s embarrassment after Scotland threatened to secure a dramatic victory in their World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park.
Substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s close-range finish after 70 minutes looked to have put England on course for three points that would have cemented their position at the top of Group F – only for Scotland to turn a largely undistinguished game upside down in the closing moments.
Celtic’s Lee Griffiths scored two magnificent free-kicks in three minutes, to the left and right of the increasingly uncertain and exposed England goalkeeper Joe Hart, to give Scotland the lead as the board went up for four minutes of stoppage time.
With Scotland’s fans pleading for the final whistle and Hampden Park in a frenzy as they closed in on their first win against the “Auld Enemy” since 1999, there was only a minute left when Kane, given the captaincy by manager Gareth Southgate, rescued his manager with a far-post finish from Raheem Sterling’s cross.
It kept an unimpressive England on course for next summer’s World Cup in Russia and dealt a savage blow to Scotland’s already dwindling chances, BBC reports.