England began their 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign with an emphatic 6-2 victory over Iran on Monday.
Two goals from in his first ever FIFA World Cup tournament propelled the Gareth Southgate youthful side to seal all three months.
England took the lead through a header from Jude Bellingham before Saka and Raheem Sterling scored later in a one-sided first half.
After the break, Saka doubled his lead just after the hour mark, but M Taremi would reduced the deficit three minutes later.
Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish then made it six before Taremi scored his second via a penalty.
England had a rather shaky start to the tournament as FIFA had banned their captain Harry Kane from wearing the ‘OneLove’ armband threatening to slam the forward with a yellow card if he went on to the pitch with it.
They opted to back down from pushing for the armband to be worn just hours before their match with Iran kicked-off. They are currently top in Group B.
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