Portugal, France, England win to close in on World Cup spot

New Delhi: Harry Kane scored his record-extending 74th international goal as England crushed Serbia 5-0 to take a giant step towards automatic qualification for the FIFA World Cup.

England have won all their five Group K matches ta have a maximum 15 points and were at their fluent best after labouring to a 2-0 home win over Andorra on Saturday.

Apart from captain Kane, Noni Madueke, Ezri Konsa and Marc Guehi all netter their first senior international goals in the emphatic victory.

"I'm more than happy for the team and for the staff. We had an excellent week from start to finish and we just proved what I saw every day in this camp. We played with a lot of intensity and it was teamwork in its purest form," Tuchel told ITV.

"I think we showed our level today. Even in the other games, we did well, but we didn't reach top form. We scored five and made it look comfortable. It has been a great camp and we are in a great position," Kane said.

In Budapest, Joao Cancelo scored a late goal to power Portugal past Hungary 3-2 to put them on top of Group F with six points from two matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty helped Portugal equalised after before Cancelo's strike gave them another three points after their 5-0 win over Armenia on Saturday.

With his 39th goal, Ronaldo is now level with Guatemala's Carlos Ruiz as the joint-top scorer in World Cup qualifiers, while extending his international record to 141 in 223 games.

"It’s never easy once you fall behind, and we showed a lot of character, just like against Germany and Spain (in the Nations League) in June when we were losing but managed to come back," said Bernardo Silva.

"Today, once again against a tough team, we managed to come back. Even when they scored after 80-something minutes, we still managed to score the winner."

Kylian Mbappe scored a goal and created another as France came from behind to beat Iceland 2-1 to maintain their perfect start in Group D with two wins out of two matches.

"He puts in a lot of effort, offers solutions and is effective. He’s a very good leader for the whole group," France head coach Didier Deschamps said.

In Oslo, Erling Haaland scored five time and substitute Thelo Aasgaard added four more as Norway condemned Moldova to their worst defeat, winning 11-1 to take a big step towards direct qualification for the first time since 1998.

Norway have a perfect 15 points after five game, six ahead of second-placed Italy, who have a game in hand.

The group winners qualify directly while the runners-up go into a playoff.