Harry Kane said "it's all coming together for England" at the World Cup after the striker recorded a hat trick in the Three Lions' 6-1 victory over Panama on Sunday,
Kane's three goals included two penalties and a deflection he knew little about -- and called "one of the luckiest of my career" -- as England secured a spot in the knockout stage and joined Belgium on six points atop Group G.
John Stones also scored twice while Jesse Lingard sent in a fine curler, and Kane gave credit to his teammates rather than celebrating the first World Cup hat trick for an England player since Gary Lineker did it in 1986.
"I'm so, so proud of the boys, we're just enjoying it, just enjoying being here," Kane told the BBC. "We knew it was going to be tough and they started pretty well but we've been working on our set-pieces, we've been working on the way we want to play and it's all coming together.
"It's a brilliant result, fantastic to be through and to do it in this way is brilliant."
He may have admitted his third goal was lucky, but Kane was still glad to pull level with Geoff Hurst, who scored a hat trick in the 1966 final, as England's second-highest World Cup goal scorer with five.
"A ball to be proud of," Kane said of his third goal. "Not many players score a hat trick in the World Cup, so I'm extremely proud of it."
England top the group on fair play, meaning they only need a draw against Belgium to stay top, so long as they do not pick up more bookings in the final group game.
Kane was pleased with the manner of victory but cautioned there's still a long way to go if England are to lift the trophy.
"You have to believe, to achieve anything you want in life you have to believe," Kane said. "There's still a long way to go and a lot of hard work to go but we've just got to stick together and keep to our game plan and that's the most important thing."
Ashley Young said he wasn't worried that England would be able to refocus after a lopsided result against weaker opponents.
"The boys, from the goalkeeper to the forward line, were fantastic, the boys that came on were fantastic," Young said. "It's a squad game, everybody's got to play their part and I think everyone did that today.
"It would be nice for us to be talked about in a positive way and we've just got to keep our feet on the ground and keep working hard in training.
"It's just the start of something good to come but we've just got to keep working and look forward to the next game."
Stones' opening goal was his first career international tally, but the defender was tempered by allowing Panama to score their first-ever World Cup goal in the second half.
"To score my first goals for England was something special, especially at a World Cup," Stones said. "It's not something I thought I'd do at the start of the day.
"But I would have loved a clean sheet, I thought we defended so well and dominated the match and to not get a clean sheet is a bit disappointing.
"It's something to take forward into the next game and hopefully I can get a few more goals from the set-pieces."