England crush Montenegro to seal Euro 2020 qualification as Joe Gomez gets booed

Three Lions register 7-0 win in their 1,000th match after Harry Kane scores hat-trick

England's Harry Kane celebrates scoring the team's fifth goal during the Euro 2020 qualifying match against Montenegro. Reuters

England's Harry Kane, center, moved into sixth in the all-time list of England goalscorers. AP

England players celebrate with Harry Kane, centre, after he completed his hat-trick against Montenegro at Wembley. EPA

Harry Kane has taken his tally for the qualifying campaign to 11 in seven games. Getty Images

England's Trent Alexander-Arnold, left, during the Euro 2020 group A qualifying match against Montenegro at the Wembley Stadium. AP

Montenegro's Vladaimir Jovovic, left, and England's Marcus Rashford fight for the ball at the Wembley Stadium. EPA

Jadon Sancho of England and Risto Radunovic of Montenegro battle for possession in London. Getty Images

Paul Gascoigne, Jermaine Defoe and David Seaman during half-time at the Wembley Stadium. Getty Images

Montenegro manager Faruk Hadzibegic, left, at Wembley. PA

Referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz shows yellow card to Montenegro's Marko Vesovic. AP

England's Marcus Rashford, centre, vies with Montenegro's Nikola Vukcevic, left, and Deni Hocko in London. AFP

England's Mason Mount takes on Montenegro's Marko Simic. Reuters

England players celebrate after Montenegro's Aleksandar Sofranac, right, scores an own goal. PA

Montenegro's goalkeeper Milan Mijatovic reacts after conceding the sixth goal in London. AP

England manager Gareth Southgate lauded in his team's ruthlessness after a 7-0 thrashing of Montenegro secured qualification for Euro 2020 in what was the Three Lions' 1,000th match.

England were without Raheem Sterling, who was dropped by Southgate after his altercation with teammate Joe Gomez, but they had more than enough firepower to sail into next year's European Championship.

Harry Kane moved into sixth in the all-time list of England goalscorers – 31 goals – with a first half hat-trick. He thus took his tally in the qualifying campaign to 11 from seven games.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Marcus Rashford and Tammy Abraham scored while Aleksandar Sofranac's own goal saw Southgate's team secure top spot in group A with a record 33 goals in seven games.

"In the past we have maybe struggled against lower ranked teams who defend in numbers, but we have players who can open those teams up and a style of play that can do that," said Southgate. "We have qualified and done it clinically.

"The quality of our attacking play was excellent," added Southgate. "We expected to win the group but we've totally taken teams apart."

However, it was not all smooth sailing as Gomez was booed by some of the 77,000 in attendance when he entered as a late substitute.

"It was hard for me to see my teammate get booed for something that was my fault," Sterling tweeted.

"Joe hasn't done anything wrong and for me to see someone who keeps his head down and works hard, especially after a difficult week for him, to be booed when he came on tonight was wrong."