Kane, hoarse after celebrating with his teammates and England's supporters, said: "It was a crazy game. We had to fight and we had to find something.

"I've just been singing, I can't really talk. The occasion, the team, everything against us, we found a way."

Jude Bellingham scored twice for England in the space of 98 seconds in the first half but then conceded a penalty that the referee awarded after a VAR review. Kane then scored a penalty on the hour-mark.

"I thought I got to the ball first, it was one of those days," Kane said. "The ref gave a lot against us. In the end it didn't matter so I'm happy."

Bellingham, meanwhile, said it was the "best night" of his international career.

"Just unbelievable. I can't put it into words right now," said Bellingham.

"It's tough to kind of gather everything together, the goals, the penalty against, the penalty for, the red card. It was a chaotic game, but credit to Mexico, they were a different class...but this team showed character tonight and I'm proud."

Bellingham hailed the character shown by Thomas Tuchel's side in contrast to the disappointments he grew up watching major tournaments.

"Big pressure moments in years gone by watching as a fan, as a kid, England probably would have crumbled but we stuck together until the last second.

"The players who came on, the players that started, running themselves into the ground and giving everything. That is what this team is about."

Bellingham now has four goals in five games at the tournament to emphatically silence pre-competition doubts that he would even be certain to start under Tuchel.

He is dreaming of uniting a nation as England aim to to end 60 years of hurt since they last won a major tournament.

"No matter where you're from, no matter what you do, I can imagine everyone's together and that's the thing I dream of being a part of," said the 23-year-old. "Bringing my country together and giving them nights like this. I'm so proud of this team - what we've done tonight is spectacular."

Source: AFP