England do not get enough credit for their exceptional record in qualifying for major tournaments, so says Harry Kane.
Three Lions captain Kane scored twice as England beat Albania 2-0 on Sunday to cap a perfect qualifying campaign for next year's World Cup.
England won all of their matches, scoring 22 goals and not conceding one in return.
They are just the second European team to win 100% of their games in a World Cup qualifying campaign without conceding, after Yugoslavia in qualification for the 1954 World Cup (four matches).
England have now qualified for eight successive World Cups, while they have won 11 straight competitive matches for the first time.
But Kane feels the Three Lions do not get the praise their performances merit.
"Whenever you're creating history, it shows that you're on the right path," said Kane, as reported by ESPN.
"I think we've had a lot of great qualifying campaigns in recent history, and we've topped that with this one, so we can be really proud of the hard work that we put in.
"I know sometimes we maybe don't get the credit for these type of wins and campaigns, but we've done our job, we've done what we need to do, and we've done it in style as well.
"We can be really proud of that and look forward to the new year now."
England's clean sheet record is also a particularly pleasing point for Kane, even if his best work is done in attack.
"I think it just shows what we're capable of," he added.
"Not conceding a goal in all that time is obviously a great achievement in itself, and the bottom line is clean sheets win you tournaments.
"Clean sheets got us to two finals and semi-finals, and when you get to the biggest games, you need to be solid, you need to be compact, you need to be able to defend your box, and we've shown we can do that.
"Then you add the players that we have in attack and in midfield, we're a tough team to beat.
"But there's a long way to go, we're not going to get carried away. I think that's the special nature of this group.
"We're just looking forward to the next camp, obviously a little while now, but we go away, we rest up, and then we come back together in March and try to continue this momentum."
Fudge_boss1876
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He is right, going through the qualification campaign without conceding a goal is impressive.
conceding against Andorra is harder that it looks bro🤣
Fudge_boss1876
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OHH WOW A DUDE WHO GETS PAID MILLIONS WANTS A PAT ON THE BACK FOR DOING HIS FUCKKING JOB AND BEING APART OF A TEAM THAT ALWAYS GETS AN EASY QUALIFIERS GROUP YET THEY WANT A COOKIE😡😒🤣
Ceudiloz
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because they never win anything
darrenham
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Because for many years... England is over rated
bancknpt
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What were your opponents during qualification??? Andora n Co??? 😅😅😅😅😅
Lipdekrz
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England you always showing good performance from the beginning but at the end nothing only zero
XDRASH
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Cause the country England is full of nazzztyyy indiansssss now
Wiabcdimnt
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Can you compare an eagle with a broiler bird? England, go play your mates & see whether at the end you'll be this rubbish you're saying now.
DrUnited
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England are only good at qualifying come real tournaments and their best is last 4 maybe
mowclopz
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The calibre of the teams you are given to play against are of low ranking
F412UL
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the credit will be there pouring out when the team actually win the tournament
IAmShakur
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He is right, going through the qualification campaign without conceding a goal is impressive.
weabdelmnz
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England isn't a team to be proud of that's why people don't like nonsense
Funkii7
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They don’t get the credit deserved probably because they don’t replicate such form displayed during qualifications in major tournaments
yapcdnops
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guys guys please do them service the amount of asylum seekers they are letting in is a lot more than the goals they are keeping out but they did win the world cup in 1966 and collectively they did defeat Hitler so come on give them credit and dont forget their benefit system think about it they have a Good mayor of London, the head of immigration is a good friend of the mayor im sure they are from the same background, so come on England is doing fine
nuscdmopuy
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England qualified by chance. They are going nowhere
Koaabcikry
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Simple...your qualification forms is useless without trophies. since 1966, England has been living in illusion and make believe. They play low level football countries and they expect to get credit for that...he must be crazy. They also gather black foreigners, whom are not English, after taking their fathers as slaves. sorry man, nobody celebrate failures. If you want any credit, then start by winning the world cup first.
aronmitte
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over rated pussies
aronmitte
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because, in the actual tournament, England always falter to deceive. It is like scoring 100% in your school test and be the top student in your school but then failing in the national exam where it matters most
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Buoeklmnu
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No credit because you are always pitted with law quality teams, that's why you don't do better at the finals, Look, Serbia, Andora, Lativia, why should you be given credit, You are always favoured fearing to be knocked out in the preliminaries
KingCarrot
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because, in the actual tournament, England always falter to deceive. It is like scoring 100% in your school test and be the top student in your school but then failing in the national exam where it matters most
AmoG5150
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mmmm just qualifying but what has England won? Are you only satisfied with qualifying
Austineluv8
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Sharp