Kane, Vardy fire England to victory

England have got their Euro 2016 preparations off to a winning start courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Turkey at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy, who scored 49 Premier League goals between them this season, added one more each to their personal tallies as the Three Lions emerged victorious from the first of their three warm-up matches.

The hosts were playing their first home game away from Wembley since 2007, and they got off to a blistering start in Manchester as Kane gave them the lead after just three minutes.

The Tottenham Hotspur striker had already almost created an opening for strike partner Vardy when he collected Dele Alli’s pass inside the area before confidently finishing into the bottom corner – his 32nd goal of the season for club and country.

Turkey levelled things up just a minute later, though, as Volkan Sen beat Hart to the ball down the left channel and chipped a pass over the keeper to Hakan Calhanoglu, who was left with a simple finish at the back post.

Jack Wilshere turned provider as England came close again shortly before the half-hour mark, swinging in a corner that Eric Dier flicked into the side-netting at the near post.

England made another bright start to the second half and had a shooting opportunity in the opening seconds when the ball broke kindly for Alli, but his effort deflected straight into the arms of the keeper.

Vardy pounced on an error from Topal to race through on goal, before going down under the challenge of the Turkey skipper inside the area.

The referee pointed to the spot and Kane stepped up to take it, but he blasted an effort off the post and wide, becoming the first England player to miss a penalty for six years.

It would not prove to be a costly miss, though, as a mix-up from Babacan and Ismail Koybasi saw Gary Cahill’s header spill loose inside the area, and Vardy was first on the scene to convert the rebound from close range.

Turkey almost rescued a draw in the dying minutes, though, and it took a fine save from Hart down low to his right to prevent substitute Olcay Sahan from maintaining the visitors’ 13-match unbeaten streak.